A word considered vulgar or offensive; a swear word or curse word.
Compound of cuss plus word. American English formation from the late 1800s combining cuss (variant of curse) with word to create a compound noun.
Cusswords vary dramatically by generation—what was scandalous in 1950s America is now barely noticed, while new words keep emerging as societies evolve about what's considered taboo!
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