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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a cuss" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a curse word or profanity in a casual or informal context.
Example: "He let out a cuss when he stubbed his toe on the furniture."
Alternatives: "a curse" or "a swear word".
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I haven't said a cuss word in over 20 years.
If I even uttered a cuss word, I'd be dead.
You might say a cuss word, or something you shouldn't say.
"He never said a cuss word; he never raised his voice," Davis said of Knight.
"They've actually embraced" the mainstream media, "which they used to treat as a cuss word," Mr. Blanton said.
But Mr. Obama faces opponents for the presidency who call climate change a hoax, evolution iffy and E.P.A. a cuss word.
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In "Longing for a Cuss-Free Zone" (July 31), you coin the noun word-bombs as a substitute for obscenities, acknowledging that this quaint term "may be infantilizing".
Ms. Krauss, formerly a schoolteacher, played the rocker chick as a cussing party animal, wearing a studded leather jacket, pink top and short shorts.
Career center staff members did their best to help, but more than one of them said they had taken a "cussing " from a desperate worker.
Knaus then said: "If we get something bad, we don't get into a situation where it's a cussing match between the crew and the driver".
Several years ago, Carl Jaskolski and a few employees he supervised at a Milwaukee social services agency put a quarter into a "cussing jar" every time they swore.
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