See b-word in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for b-word meaning in English (3.0kB)
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "b-words",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "b-word (plural b-words)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bitch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bastard"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bollocks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bugger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "c-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "d-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "e-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "f-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "g-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "G-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "h-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "i-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "j-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "k-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "l-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "m-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "n-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "o-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "p-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "q-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Q-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "r-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "s-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "t-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "u-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "v-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "w-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "x-word"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "C-bomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "f-bomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "f-slur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "L-bomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "n-bomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "r-slur"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English euphemisms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016 June 16, Jenna Johnson, “Donald Trump Calls Her 'Crooked Hillary,' but His Fans Just Say 'B----'”, in Washington Post",
"text": "Although some women may casually use the term among friends or as a sign of empowerment, the b-word is still widely considered a particularly aggressive and demeaning insult when hurled at a woman, especially if it comes from a man.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various taboo words beginning with the letter B, particularly bitch."
],
"id": "en-b-word-en-noun-EZDeSyZS",
"links": [
[
"taboo",
"taboo"
],
[
"B",
"B"
],
[
"bitch",
"bitch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) Any of various taboo words beginning with the letter B, particularly bitch."
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English abbreviated euphemisms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any word beginning with the letter B, considered (often humorously) to be taboo in its context."
],
"id": "en-b-word-en-noun-bTBogFK3",
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"B",
"B"
],
[
"taboo",
"taboo"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually humorous) Any word beginning with the letter B, considered (often humorously) to be taboo in its context."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "39 61",
"sense": "‘x’-word euphemisms",
"word": "a-word"
}
],
"tags": [
"humorous",
"usually"
]
}
],
"word": "b-word"
}
{
"categories": [
"English abbreviated euphemisms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "b-words",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "b-word (plural b-words)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bitch"
},
{
"word": "bastard"
},
{
"word": "bollocks"
},
{
"word": "bugger"
},
{
"sense": "‘x’-word euphemisms",
"word": "a-word"
},
{
"word": "c-word"
},
{
"word": "d-word"
},
{
"word": "e-word"
},
{
"word": "f-word"
},
{
"word": "g-word"
},
{
"word": "G-word"
},
{
"word": "h-word"
},
{
"word": "i-word"
},
{
"word": "j-word"
},
{
"word": "k-word"
},
{
"word": "l-word"
},
{
"word": "m-word"
},
{
"word": "n-word"
},
{
"word": "o-word"
},
{
"word": "p-word"
},
{
"word": "q-word"
},
{
"word": "Q-word"
},
{
"word": "r-word"
},
{
"word": "s-word"
},
{
"word": "t-word"
},
{
"word": "u-word"
},
{
"word": "v-word"
},
{
"word": "w-word"
},
{
"word": "x-word"
},
{
"word": "C-bomb"
},
{
"word": "f-bomb"
},
{
"word": "f-slur"
},
{
"word": "L-bomb"
},
{
"word": "n-bomb"
},
{
"word": "r-slur"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016 June 16, Jenna Johnson, “Donald Trump Calls Her 'Crooked Hillary,' but His Fans Just Say 'B----'”, in Washington Post",
"text": "Although some women may casually use the term among friends or as a sign of empowerment, the b-word is still widely considered a particularly aggressive and demeaning insult when hurled at a woman, especially if it comes from a man.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various taboo words beginning with the letter B, particularly bitch."
],
"links": [
[
"taboo",
"taboo"
],
[
"B",
"B"
],
[
"bitch",
"bitch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) Any of various taboo words beginning with the letter B, particularly bitch."
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English humorous terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Any word beginning with the letter B, considered (often humorously) to be taboo in its context."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"B",
"B"
],
[
"taboo",
"taboo"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually humorous) Any word beginning with the letter B, considered (often humorously) to be taboo in its context."
],
"tags": [
"humorous",
"usually"
]
}
],
"word": "b-word"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.