Slang words using one letter
Slang words using one letter are often used in
English, by the
media and in everyday use. Often a term such as "the F word" or "the C word" is used to refer to a term such as slang. The terms are especially used by the print media in the title of articles. It is also used to refer to other terms which may be seen as unpopular or something which should not be mentioned, such as discipline being referred to as the "D word". It can also refer to words which would be a
faux pas to mention. There as no actual agreement as to what the word for each letter is, although some such as F, C, S and N are usually seen as their slang terms. The F word is the most commonly used word, usually meaning the offensive slang word
fuck.
The "A word" has been used to mean
abortion.
[The A-word ]The "B word" has been used to mean
Blair [guardian the B word]The "C word" is often used to mean
cunt, but has also been used to mean
censorship [The C Word] or
conservative. [
1]
*The D Word is a movie title [
2]), and has also been used to mean
documentary [
3],
discipline [
4] and
diarrhea [
5]
The "E word" has been used to mean
evolution [chopping out the E word],
enterprise [
6]and
Electability [The E word]The "F word" most commonly means
fuck [
7], but is also the name of a cooking show,
The F-Word, and has been used to mean
feminism [
8].
The "G word" has been used to mean
gulag [
9],
genocide [
10] and
gangs [ the g word]The "H word" has been used to mean
horror [the meaning of the h word],
hypocrisy [ the H word],
Hitler [the H word],
Handicap [ why we no longer use the H word ],
Helmet [the H word] and
hacker [the H word]The "I word" often is used by the media to refer to
impeachment [Boston globe The 'I' word] [ msnbc the I word ] [ The I word] [ Common dreams news center The 'I' Word: Impeachment ] [ The 'I' word Information clearing house ]The "J word" has been used to mean
just [ J-word makes people with holiday blues see red ]The "K word" has been used to mean
Kashmir in Pakistan
[The babble over the K word continues in Pakistan ] [ Coping with the K word ] and is also the name of a podcast. [
11]
The L Word is the name of a TV series, and has also been used to mean
love [ MSNBC, The right time to say the ‘L' word: love ] and
lockout referring to the
Canadian Football League [ No talk of L-word]The "M word" has been used to mean
multiculturalism [ Facing up to the M-word ] marriage [ TIME magazine - Why The M Word Matters To Me ],
marketing [ The M-word ] and
mormonism [ The Weekly standard, The "M" word ]The "N Word" is often used to mean the offensive word
nigger [Black America Web, Commentary: Blacks Who Use the N-Word Should Take a Page from Pryor's Playbook] [The N-word][ The "N-word" and the Racial Dynamics of Teaching ] [ Explosion Over the N-Word ], and is the title of a documentary
[imdb, The N-Word (2004)].
The "O word" has been used to mean
oil [The Economist: Don't mention the O-word],
outsourcing [Outsourcing: The 'O' Word Reconsidered] [MediaPost Publications, Fear of the O-word ] and
occupation in regards to the
West Bank[Sharon uses the 'O' word]The "P word" has been used to mean
posture [ On Coming to Terms with the "P" Word],
podcast [ Shhhh, don't say the p-word! ],
[ Arrested Development drops the P word ],
privatisation in regards to
social security in the United States
[Bush Said the "P" Word],
propaganda [ Uttering the P Word ] and
proprietary [The "P" Word].
New Coke's 1980's marketing campaign featuring
Max Headroom also used the phrase while cautioning viewers not to say the word "
Pepsi"
[[12]].
The "Q word" has been used to mean
quagmire in terms of a military situation similar to how the
Vietnam War was seen.
[ msnbc The Q Word ] [Time to dust off the 'Q-word' for Iraq?], and has also been used to mean
quotas in terms of public policy
[ The Q-Word & American Realities ], and
quiet referring to medical professionals having a 'quiet night'
[Never say the "Q" word ]The "R word" has been used to mean
race [ The "R" Word ],
resilient [ In this economy, the 'R' word means resilient ],
recession [ Just Don't Say the R-Word ] [ Economists mention the ‘R' word],
revolution [ Resurrect the 'R' Word],
retarded[ The "R" Word] and
retirement [ New York Times Uttering the R Word Is Step 1 in the Knicks' 12-Step Program ]In slang the "S word" often means
shit [ About.com Origin of the S-Word], and has also been used to mean
socialization [Socialization: The "S" Word ] [The S word],
standardization [RSS and the S-word],
sorry in diplomacy
[ Asia Times - Beijing says the 's' word ], and
steroids in regards to their use by athletes
[ Newsweek: Nomar and the S Word ]The "T word" has been used often in the media to mean
terrorism [Editors Consider the "T-word"] [ The T-word][Real Progress on the 'T-Word'][BBC news - Trouble with the T-word?][The "T-word": only those with melanin need apply], and has also been used to mean
tourism [ Is it time to dump the t-word? ] and
teleread referring to librarians
[ Librarians and the T Word ]The "U word" has been used to mean
unilateralism [Don't mention the U-word] unsubscribe
[How to avoid the U word], and
uranium [Art, Science and the U word]The "V word" has been used in slang to mean
vagina [ The V-Word Is Heard][
13], [
14],
[Japan Times - Selective thinking devalues the V-word's worth], and also to mean
volunteer [The Limits of the "V" Word]The "W word" has been used to mean
walloon [ Racism and the W-word...],
withdrawal referring to war
[No Exit: the Bush Administration and the 'W' Word],
witches[More on the W-Word], and
will [Don't say the W word]The X-word is often used as an abbreviation for
crossword, and has also been used to mean
Christmas or
Xmas [An Editorial about the X word]The "Y word" has been used to mean
yankee [[15]], and
y2k [ A code-filled secret bad-word spelling society...]The "Z word" has been used to mean
zoning [ Don't Use The 'Z' Word ] [ County residents debate the Z-word]
