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Rezbipul Posted 22 years ago
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1. What is L-word or D-word?
2. What is a signature room?
3. What is "Dollywood"?
  

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Hello Rezbipul 1. That would depend on the context. A 'D-word' is a word that begins with D, and which you fear (or pretend to fear) to utter.

  • Hello Rezbipul 1.
  • That would depend on the context.
  • A 'D-word' is a word that begins with D, and which you fear (or pretend to fear) to utter.
  • A very pious person might refer to '****' as the 'D-word'.
  • For Bill Gates, it could be 'DOS'.
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Hello Rezbipul

1. That would depend on the context. A 'D-word' is a word that begins with D, and which you fear (or pretend to fear) to utter. A very pious person might refer to '****' as the 'D-word'. For Bill Gates, it could be 'DOS'. In most cases, it would be a humorous formation: a mock-euphemism.

The same applies to 'L-word'; except that in certain genres (would-be humo

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