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four letter word 

All the four letter words that are offensive, vulgar, and disrespectful.
They refer to sexual activity and genitals.
For example, fuck, cunt, cock, dick, butt, shit, crap, etc.
All the four letter words were cut out of the programme .
four letter word by Oliviana123 April 3, 2015

four letter word 

Phrase that refers to any number of "bad" words, often seen in forum posts. Can mean shit, fuck, damn, and even other non-four-lettered-words such as ass and bitch. Can also refer to the basic four letter words with suffixes (ie "ed" "ing"). Usually said by some religious freak or ten year old that will get in trouble if their parents see it.
Poster 1
Damn man, that shit is fucking awesome! That bitch totally deserved it!

Poster 2
I could've understood what you were saying without all the four letter words...

<flame war against poster 2 ensues>
four letter word by Metatag October 14, 2005

Four Letter Word 

1. Slang term for a vulgar word because most of the most vulgar words are four letters long. All of George Carlin's Seven Dirty words are either four letters long, or contain a vulgar four letter word.

2. Any word, that while not vulgar, may have unpleasant connotations to the person referring to it as such.
1. Bob got fired from his job because he said a four letter word to a customer

2. Love is a four letter word
Four Letter Word by Lord Butterknife December 22, 2008

four-letter word 

A set of words written with four letters that are considered obscene or vulgar unless written on the internet.
four-letter words in Real Life:
Kid - "shit..."
Dad - "What the Fuck did you say?"
On the Net:
Kid - "omg slut. damn what a fucking shit cunt"
Dad - "qft"
four-letter word by Kirkface September 25, 2005

four-letter word

The slang term referring to coarse language (e.g. "fuck", "shit", "cunt", etc. etc.) as English expletives commonly consist of four letters, regardless expletives in other languages
Sometimes all you need in a tense situation is to let out a four-letter word, just to relieve the stress!
four-letter word by Emotional Cruiser November 10, 2025

is it a four letter word that you can use in various ways that are mostly positive? 

Hell yea!
That’s love!
The question is: is it a four letter word that you can use in various ways that are mostly positive?
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