cussword

Example Sentences

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Clicks and the occasional cussword fill the air in the eSports Nexus, a room in Morningside’s Roadman Hall.

From Washington Times

"Jeezum" was variously described as a polite Vermont cussword and as a description of Jeffords' halting, modest speaking manner, "Aw jeez, um."

From Reuters

Unfortunately, Google has also become essentially a tool for the creation and perpetuation of lousy journalism thanks to the huge role it has played in turning an incredibly safe and well-regulated industrial process – hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” as it has come to be known – into a veritable cussword in the American lexicon.

From Forbes

Then, drawing the obnoxious missive from his pocket, he tore it open, with something that sounded very like a “cussword,” and spread the sheet out on the table before him.

From Project Gutenberg

Real people, the lawmakers learned, were sick and tired of turning off the TV when the news came on and hearing their kids use "Monica" like a cussword.

From Time Magazine Archive