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Discover LudwigThe expression "word around" is not correct in written English.
It is more commonly used as an expression in informal, spoken English. For example, "I heard word around that he's been seen with another woman."
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Fatalism was the word around the table.
"Teetotal," he says, rolling the word around in his mouth.
He tosses the word around again and again.
"Tootsie's has become a bad word around here," she said.
"You can't just say [that] word around me," West said.
It disturbs me how liberally folk dangle that word around".
"A.I.G. was a bad word around Washington and across the country," Mr. Casarella said.
"The word around the Vatican is that an American is best," according to the daily.
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— Glenn Collins The Wall Street Journal: Vegan bakers aren't always so keen on throwing the V-word around.
I'll throw the C-word around with wild abandon and I'll debate the politics of periods with anyone who'll listen.
We throw the g-word around where it's safe: in reference to dead people.
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