English Explanatory Dictionary

q-word

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Q-word (“(linguistics) question word”).
  2. The word queer.
  3. The word quiet, taken as a bad omen that once uttered the workplace will suddenly become exceptionally busy.
  4. Any word beginning with q, especially one that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
noun
  1. A question word.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of q-word (“any word beginning with q”).

Word forms

q-word q-words

Related words

b-word c-word d-word e-word f-word g-word h-word i-word j-word k-word l-word m-word n-word o-word p-word q-word r-word s-word t-word u-word v-word w-word x-word y-word z-word related terms C-bomb f-bomb f-slur L-bomb n-bomb Q-slur r-slur a-word
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