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But on the actual recording, there is no swear word.
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 20 June 2024
The Grass-Mud Horse, for example, is an entirely fictional creature popularized on the Chinese Internet because its pronunciation sounds like an incredibly vulgar swear word that the Communist Party’s automatic censors would normally catch.
—Gregory Maus, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed reported using swear word substitutions in certain situations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2023
In 2016, Hahn told PEOPLE that her then 7-year-old daughter used her first swear word.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
The term became a swear word in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, after the government engineered a rescue of big banks and other financial firms using taxpayer money, with little to no consequences for the executives who made bad bets that brought the financial system close to the abyss.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
My daughter said her first proper swear word.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
Schitt’s Creek for a swear word.
—Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2020
What makes a swear word?
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 20 June 2024
The Grass-Mud Horse, for example, is an entirely fictional creature popularized on the Chinese Internet because its pronunciation sounds like an incredibly vulgar swear word that the Communist Party’s automatic censors would normally catch.
—Gregory Maus, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed reported using swear word substitutions in certain situations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2023
In 2016, Hahn told PEOPLE that her then 7-year-old daughter used her first swear word.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
The term became a swear word in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, after the government engineered a rescue of big banks and other financial firms using taxpayer money, with little to no consequences for the executives who made bad bets that brought the financial system close to the abyss.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
My daughter said her first proper swear word.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
Schitt’s Creek for a swear word.
—Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2020
What makes a swear word?
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
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swearword
noun
swear·word
ˈswa(ə)r-ˌwərd 
ˈswe(ə)r-
: a bad or vulgar word
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