k-word

English

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  • K-word

Noun

k-word (plural k-words)

  1. (South Africa, euphemistic) The word kaffir.
    • 2006, David Beresford, “What about the K word?”, in The Guardian‎:
      But the greatest racial insult available to South Africa's racists is one with numerous variations of meaning: the "K" word.
  2. (euphemistic) The word kike.
    • 2013, Philip Weiss, “Onion uses the K-word”, in Mondoweiss‎:
      People are talking about the fact that The Onion used the word “kike” to mock the refusal by Dan Snyder to change the name of the Washington Redskins.
  3. (Malaysia, Singapore, euphemistic) The word Keling.
  4. (humorous) Any word beginning with k that is considered to be taboo in the given context.

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