English-Finnish translations for dirty word

• kirosana
  Urheilu on ikään kuin kirosana unionille. Sport is like a dirty word for the Union.
  Sen lisäksi ne vakuuttivat muun muassa Ranskan presidentin siitä, että protektionismi on kirosana. In addition, they convinced the French President, among others, that protectionism is a dirty word.
  No, voi kirosana sentään!
• ruma sana
  Yhteisrahoitus ei ole varmasti mikään ruma sana, eikä siihen sisälly mitään politiikan uudelleen kansallistamista. Cofinancing is certainly not a dirty word and does not imply a renationalisation of policy.

Definition of dirty word

• A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature
• The name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss

Synonyms

• curse
• curse word
• oath
• profanity

Examples

• The child was made to sit in the corner as punishment for saying a dirty word
• Work is a dirty word to him

Related words

• dirty wound
• dirty work
• do the dirty work