g-word

plural g-words · alternative G-word

1. euphemisticThe word gay.
2. euphemisticThe word goddamn.
3. euphemisticThe word gook.
4. humorousAny word beginning with g that is not normally taboo but is considered to be so in the given context, such as globalization or genocide.

   And the “g” word (shhh!) is just taboo. Away! Away! They say to gifts Thinking this denial lifts All children to a common place[.]

   2018, Deb Douglas, The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners: Teaching the Four Essential Steps to Success (Grades 5–12), Free Spirit Publishing, →ISBN, page 42

plural G-words

1. euphemisticThe word God.

   G-word: The Constitution gives us the right to use the G-word and religious freedom. The Declaration of Independence has the G-word in it. Our Pledge of Allegiance has the G-word, and our money has the G-word.

   2010, Harry Webster, Venting, Somebody Had to Say It, →ISBN, page 110

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   [...] are not afraid to use the "G word." The divine is their "distinctive product," their "unique business proposition." Still, it is a risky business. The experience of the divine is anything but conformist, it bends to no formal business plan, and it can be ...

   2007, Michael L. Klassen, Bad Religion: The Psychology of Religious Misbehavior, →ISBN, page 56

2. Alternative letter-case form of g-word (“any other word beginning with g”).

   When the Swedish Parliament and the US Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs used the 'G' word, Prime Minister Erdoğan responded by threatening to deport 100,000 Armenian guest workers[.]

   2014, Geoffrey Robertson, An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians?, →ISBN