Meaning

4 senses
  1. (euphemistic)The word retard or retarded, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.

  2. (euphemistic)The word rape, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.

  3. (euphemistic)The word redskin or redskins (including Redskins as a team name) regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.

  4. (humorous)Any word beginning with r that is considered (often humorously) to be taboo in the given context.

Forms

plural: r-words
Singularr-word
Pluralr-words

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedr-worded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
r-word — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto