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Common four-letter words (in this sense) that are widely considered vulgar or offensive to a notable degree include: cunt, fuck (and regional variants such as feck, fick, fock and foak), jism (or gism), jizz, shit, slut, twat and tits. Piss (formerly an offensive swear word) in particular, however, may be used in non-excretory contexts (pissed off, i.e. «angry», in US English and British UK English; pissed, i.e. «drunk» in UK English) that are often not considered particularly offensive, and the word also occurs several times with its excretory meaning in the King James Bible. Several of these have been declared legally indecent under the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) TV and radio open-airwave broadcasting regulations.

A number of additional words of this length are upsetting to some, for religious or personal sensitivity reasons, such as: arse (UK), damn, crap, hell, piss, wang, and wank (UK). Racist, ableist, and slurs pertaining to an individual’s sexual orientation may also qualify, such as mong (in the UK not a racial slur,^{[citation needed]} but short for Mongol, or someone with Down syndrome – previously called Mongolism), gook, kike, spic, coon, dago and dyke.

Several «four-letter words» have multiple meanings (some even serving as given names), and usually only offend when used in their vulgar senses, for example:
cock,
dick,
knob,
muff,
puss,
shag (UK) and
toss (UK).
A borderline category includes words that are euphemistic evasions of «stronger» words, as well as those that happen to be short and have both an expletive sound to some listeners as well as a sexual or excretory meaning (many also have other, non-vulgar meanings):
butt (US),
crud,
darn,
dump,
heck,
poop (US),
slag (UK, NZ, AUS),
slut and
turd, as several examples.
Finally, certain four-lettered terms with limited usage can be considered offensive by some, within the regional dialect in which they are used, such as
mong and
mary.

Occasionally the phrase «four-letter word» is humorously used to describe common words composed of four letters. Typical examples include the word work, implying that work can be unpleasant, or the game of golf, jokingly referred to as a four-letter word when a player’s pastime becomes an exercise in frustration. Charlotte Observer journalist Doug Robarchek noted in 1993 how many politicians have names with four letters, «Ever notice how many U.S. politicians have names that are also four-letter words? Ford, Dole, Duke, Bush, Gore … and how many make us think of four-letter words?»^[2]

Similar euphemisms in other languages[edit]

Chinese: The term 三字經 (lit. Three Character Classic) is used to describe swearing, as many such phrases in Chinese consist of three characters.
Dutch: A similar tradition occurs with «three-letter words», e.g. kut («cunt»/»twat»), pik and lul («cock»/»dick»/»prick»).
Finnish: Rude words tend to be five-letter words, like the common swear word perse meaning «arse», or paska meaning «shit». Other offensive five-letter words refer to the genital region, eg. kulli and kyrpä («cock»/»dick»/»prick»), along with pillu and vittu («twat»/»cunt»).
French: the word merde («shit») is sometimes referred to as le mot de cinq lettres («the five-letter word»), or le mot de Cambronne. Also, profanities in French are usually called gros mots (coarse words).
German: the phrase Setz dich auf deine vier Buchstaben! («sit down on your four letters») is mainly used speaking to children, as it refers to the word Popo, meaning «rump» in baby talk. A variant, Setz dich auf deine fünf Buchstaben! («sit down on your five letters»), alludes to the vulgar use of the word Arsch, meaning «arse» (UK) or «ass» (US).
Latin: a common insult used to be Es vir trium litterarum, meaning «you are a man of three letters». The underlying implication was that the addressed was a fur, meaning «thief», although if challenged, the speaker could always claim he simply meant vir, that is, «man».
Polish: the word dupa («arse»/»ass») is called cztery litery («the four letters»). Historically, also kiep, which formerly used to be a taboo word meaning «female genitals», but presently is a mild or humorous insult meaning «a fool» or a modern slang term for a cigarette. There is also a phrase Siadaj na cztery litery (sit down on your four letter), meaning sit on your arse.
Russian: the word хуй («cock»/»dick»/»prick»), the most common obscenity, is called «the three-letter word» (russ.: «слово из трёх букв») or just «three letters» (russ.: «три буквы») and is one of the key words of the «Russian mat».

In popular culture[edit]

Generic references, not specifying the word:

Cole Porter’s 1934 song «Anything Goes» includes the line «Good authors too who once knew better words, now only use four-letter words writing prose. Anything goes.»
Elton John’s I’ve Seen That Movie Too from his 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road contains the phrase in the chorus.
Cheap Trick’s 1982 album One on One finishes with a song titled «Four Letter Word».
The Cardigans in their song «For What It’s Worth», use the «four-letter word» expression several times.
That Four-Letter Word is a 2006 independent film from India.
Welsh punk band Four Letter Word, formed in 1991, named themselves after the phrase.
A Four Letter Word is also the title of a 2007 gay-themed movie starring Jesse Archer and Charlie David.
«Four Letter Word» is also the title of a 2003 song by Def Leppard.
American punk-rock band Gossip released a track entitled «Four Letter Word» on their 2009 album Music For Men.
The 2007 Cold in California album by Ingram Hill includes a track entitled «Four Letter Word».
The opening track of Beady Eye’s 2011 album Different Gear, Still Speeding is entitled «Four Letter Word».
Echobelly on their album On (Echobelly album) included a song named: «Four Letter Word».
Chocolate Starfish have a track called «Four Letter Word» on their eponymous album.
The song «Irresistible» by Fall Out Boy features the line «You know I give my love a four-letter name».
In the 2019 BBC-HBO mini-series Years and Years written by Russell T Davies, after controversialist businesswoman Vivienne Rook gains popularity by claiming that she «doesn’t give a fuck» about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict whilst on Question Time and subsequently railing against being censored, she establishes the populist, far-right Four Star Party, whose symbol is four asterisks.

A specified word that actually has four letters:
Love:

The fact that love is a word with four letters has been used in several popular song titles, including «Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word» written by Bob Dylan and performed by Joan Baez, «Four Letter Word» written by Ricki and Marty Wilde and performed by Kim Wilde, «4 Letter Word» written by Claude Kelly and Matt Squire and performed by David Cook.
A television show called Love Is a Four Letter Word was produced by ABC in Australia.^[3]
Jack Ingram’s song «Love You», uses love as a play on another four-letter word: «Yeah, I’m sick an’ lovin’ tired of all your lovin’ around».
Metallica uses the line «Love is a four-letter word» in the song «The Day That Never Comes» from their album Death Magnetic.
R&B singer Raheem DeVaughan used the «love» meaning in his song «Four Letter Word» on his 2008 album Love Behind The Melody.
Love Is a Four Letter Word, 2012, Jason Mraz
The song «How We Do (’93 Til)» by Freddie Gibbs features the line «love is a four-letter word like fuck and shit, so, love, you can suck my dick».^[4]

Work:

In a song sung by Cilla Black and covered by The Smiths, «Work Is a Four-letter Word», this phrase is used to describe work as obscene.
Work Is a Four-Letter Word is the title of a 1968 British comedy film.

Hope:

The song «Counting Stars» by OneRepublic features the line «hope is our four-letter word».

Hate:

The band Shock Therapy sang a song «Hate Is a 4-Letter Word».

Jazz:

A photo-montage by partner-artists Privat & Primat is titled «Jazz and Love are 4-Letter Words».

Nice:

Good Omens’s famous wall scene: Crowley’s «I’m not nice; nice is a four-letter word»

A specified word that does not actually have four letters:

The band Cake made a play on words in their song «Friend Is a Four Letter Word.»
The song «Baby, I’m an Anarchist» by Against Me! features the line «to you solidarity’s a four-letter word.»
In Degrassi: The Next Generation Episode 504, Mr. Simpson (Snake) says «…in my life, spontaneous is a four-letter word.»
In the song «Absolute zero» by «Stone Sour», there is a line that goes as follows: «Man is a four-letter word, it’s really absurd»

References[edit]

^ «four-letter word – Caught in the Web of Words». Retrieved 2021-12-28.
^ Doug Robarchek (September 29, 1993). «Outfront If You Ignore Deaths, Those State Rest Areas Are Perfectly Safe». Living. Charlotte Observer. p. 6C.
^ «love is a four letter word». Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2001. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
^ Freddie Gibbs, How We Do (’93 Til) lyrics

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There are a few four-letter words that leaders would like to use more at work. You can probably guess the words I’m thinking of because you’ve almost certainly wanted to use them yourself! (Or perhaps you have…or do!)

Although there is some research that advocates the benefits of cursing at work, I’m still old-school in my approach. My mother would frequently remind me that the language we use reflects our level of intelligence and maturity, so instead of using curse words, we should find better ways to express ourselves. I still roll that way.

So, you won’t be surprised that I’m not advocating leaders more frequently use the four-letter words that begin with F, S, and D. No, I’m suggesting leaders use the four-letter word that begins with L.

Love.

In my new book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust, co-authored with Ken Blanchard, we share Simple Truth #20:

Love is the answer. What is the question?

Most people have probably heard the “love passage” from the Bible read at a wedding or other special occasions. According to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

I don’t know a better representation of the qualities of a trusted servant leader than the virtues listed in this passage. But if you ask someone who works for a self-serving leader to describe their boss, you’ll hear the opposite of these characteristics. Self-serving leaders are seldom perceived as patient or kind. They tend to envy others with more influence, brag about their accomplishments, and so on.

I believe servant leadership is love in action. And if love is the answer, perhaps the question is, “What do servant leaders lead with?

Do you want to know if your people see you as a servant leader? Well, if you’re up for the challenge, consider doing this:

List the personal traits from this passage and rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 (least to most) as to how much they describe you as a leader.
If you’re courageous, ask your team members to do the same. Make it anonymous.
Once you get the feedback, set up a meeting with your team, share what you’ve learned, and ask them how you could improve on the traits where you scored low.
Then—this is key—make changes in your leadership style to show them you are serious about improving.

One of the great things about love is that you don’t always have to say the word to let people know how you feel. You can demonstrate it through your everyday actions and interactions with your people. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with saying the word, too.

Love. It’s the four-letter word leaders need to use more often at work.

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Как-то давно, чтобы развлечь своих студентов, я давала уроки по бранной лексике, по так называемым словам на три буквы. Что ж поделать, бранные слова – это тоже часть языка, и использовать их нужно умело. Причем заметьте, что у нас это слово на три буквы, а у них на четыре, отсюда и выражение — “four letter word”. Дело в том, что многие матерные слова в английском языке состоят из четырех букв. Я не буду их перечислять, если будет интересно, то их можно найти на Википедии.
Вчера я наткнулась на одно из своих любимых видео, где матерное слово из 5 букв”bitch” играет не последнюю роль. Наверное, вам не надо объяснять, что оно значит. Основной трудностью для студентов, да и для меня всегда было правильно произнести слово beach [biːʧ] (пляж) и не произнести при этом вышеупомянутое bitch [bɪʧ]. Разница ясна, если посмотреть на транскрипции двух слов. Поэтому каждый раз, когда я рассказываю своему другу американцу о своем пляжном отдыхе, я старательно протягиваю звук ea, чтобы не попасть в неловкую ситуацию.
Видео, которое я бы хотела вам показать, рассказывает о том, как ловко можно провести доверчивого британца и сэкономить при этом на покупках. Вопрос, который я оставлю на размышление — А что бы вы сказали на месте главного героя?

В качестве небольшого словаря к видео:

tuna – тунец
lad – парень, юноша
lookalike – одно лицо, двойник

А еще вчера мой друг из Америки выдал такую фразу, увидев экстравагантно одетую, всю в татуировках девушку:
“Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Look at this girl!”- сказал он мне. Я переспросила– What? Jumping who?! Он пояснил мне, что это выражение “Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick”означает очень сильное удивление, и посоветовал зайти на сайт Urban Dictionary, чтобы быть в курсе того, какие выражения используются в обыденной современной речи. Вот теперь я изучаю – каждый день по новой идиоме.

А какие интересные выражения знаете вы?

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I am trying to write a program that opens a text document and replaces all four letter words with **. I have been messing around with this program for multiple hours now. I can not seem to get anywhere. I was hoping someone would be able to help me out with this one. Here is what I have so far. Help is greatly appreciated!

def censor():
    filename = input("Enter name of file: ")
    file = open(filename, 'r')
    file1 = open(filename, 'w')
    for element in file:
        words = element.split()
        if len(words) == 4:
            file1 = element.replace(words, "xxxx")
            alist.append(bob)
        print (file)
    file.close()

here is revised verison, i don’t know if this is much better

def censor():
    filename = input("Enter name of file: ")
    file = open(filename, 'r')
    file1 = open(filename, 'w')
    i = 0
    for element in file:
        words = element.split()
        for i in range(len(words)):
            if len(words[i]) == 4:
                file1 = element.replace(i, "xxxx")
                i = i+1
    file.close()

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asked Nov 8, 2012 at 7:17

for element in file:
    words = element.split()
    for word in words:
        if len(word) == 4:
            etc etc

Here’s why:

say the first line in your file is ‘hello, my name is john’
then for the first iteration of the loop: element = 'hello, my name is john'
and words = ['hello,','my','name','is','john']

You need to check what is inside each word thus for word in words

Also it might be worth noting that in your current method you do not pay any attention to punctuation. Note the first word in words above…

To get rid of punctuation rather say:

import string

blah blah blah ...
for word in words:
    cleaned_word = word.strip(string.punctuation)
    if len(cleaned_word) == 4:
       etc etc

answered Nov 8, 2012 at 7:22

SheenaSheena

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Here is a hint: len(words) returns the number of words on the current line, not the length of any particular word. You need to add code that would look at every word on your line and decide whether it needs to be replaced.

Also, if the file is more complicated than a simple list of words (for example, if it contains punctuation characters that need to be preserved), it might be worth using a regular expression to do the job.

answered Nov 8, 2012 at 7:19

NPENPE

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It can be something like this:

def censor():
    filename = input("Enter name of file: ")
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()

    newLines = []
    for line in lines:
        words = line.split()
        for i, word in enumerate(words):
            if len(word) == 4:
                words[i] == '**'
        newLines.append(' '.join(words))

    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        for line in newLines:
            f.write(line + 'n')

answered Nov 8, 2012 at 7:22

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def censor(filename):
"""Takes a file and writes it into file censored.txt with every 4-letterword replaced by xxxx"""
infile = open(filename)
content = infile.read()
infile.close()
outfile = open('censored.txt', 'w')
table = content.maketrans('.,;:!?', '      ')
noPunc = content.translate(table) #replace all punctuation marks with blanks, so they won't tie two words together
wordList = noPunc.split(' ')
for word in wordList:
    if 'n' in word:
        count = word.count('n')
        wordLen = len(word)-count
    else:
        wordLen = len(word)
    if wordLen == 4:
        censoredWord = word.replace(word, 'xxxx ')
        outfile.write(censoredWord)
    else:
        outfile.write(word + ' ')
outfile.close()

answered Mar 28, 2018 at 10:20

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