k-word

English

Alternative forms

• K-word

Noun

k-word (plural k-words)

1. (South Africa, euphemistic) The word kaffir.
   • 2006, David Beresford, “What about the K word?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But the greatest racial insult available to South Africa's racists is one with numerous variations of meaning: the "K" word.

2. (euphemistic) The word kike.
   • 2013, Philip Weiss, “Onion uses the K-word”, in Mondoweiss‎^[2]:

     People are talking about the fact that The Onion used the word “kike” to mock the refusal by Dan Snyder to change the name of the Washington Redskins.

3. (Malaysia, Singapore, euphemistic) The word Keling.
4. (humorous) Any word beginning with k that is considered to be taboo in the given context.

Verb

k-word (third-person singular simple present k-words, present participle k-wording, simple past and past participle k-worded)

1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) To kill.
   • 2021 September 24, @merrittk, Twitter‎^[3]:

     Chris Pratt’s photo is in black and white because Nintendo knows the Mafia is going to k word him for doing the accent after the movie comes out

   • 2024 July 2, @trivianamujin, Twitter‎^[4]:

     the fact that hes trying to be funny by imitating jungkook's pose but ended up k-wording ppl with his lethal good looks

Related terms

• r-slurred

 

See also

• (‘x’-word euphemisms) a-word, b-word, c-word, d-word, e-word, f-word, g-word / G-word, h-word, i-word, j-word, k-word, l-word, m-word, n-word, o-word, p-word, q-word / Q-word, r-word, s-word, t-word, u-word, v-word, w-word, x-word, y-word, z-word; see also C-bomb, f-bomb, f-slur, L-bomb, n-bomb, Q-slur, r-slur

Anagrams

• work'd