C-word
noun/ˈsiː wɜːd/
/ˈsiː wɜːrd/
[usually singular] (informal)- used to replace a word beginning with C that you do not want to say, for example the offensive swear word ‘cunt’, or ‘cancer’
- An employee who uses the C-word to a colleague will be suspended.
- I hate it when people refer to cancer as the C-word.
- For him commitment is the dreaded C-word.
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