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g-word

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Noun

g-word (plural g-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word gay.
  2. (euphemistic) The word goddamn.
  3. (euphemistic) The word gook.
  4. (humorous) Any word beginning with g that is not normally taboo but is considered to be so in the given context, such as globalization or genocide.
    • 2018, Deb Douglas, The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners: Teaching the Four Essential Steps to Success (Grades 5–12), Free Spirit Publishing, →ISBN, page 42:
      And the “g” word (shhh!) is just taboo.
      Away! Away! They say to gifts
      Thinking this denial lifts
      All children to a common place[.]

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