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—used as a way to refer to the offensive word "fuck" without saying it or writing it He got in trouble for using the f-word on television.

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“The f-word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20f-word. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.

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