Sentence examples for worst words from inspiring English sources

'Comfy' — that's one of the worst words!

'Comfy' that's one of the worst words!

"When we started, the very worst words we could put on a bottle were 'English wine,' " Mr. Roberts said.

But as its entry on the "Worst Words" list would suggest, it may be time to refresh your browser.

On the 2012 "Worst Words" list compiled by Dictionary.com, alongside more familiar offenders like "epic," "trend" (as a verb) and "hipster," is a dark horse: "curate".

At West Point, he says, even a loose belt buckle or an undone shoelace could bring on the worst words imaginable: "You just killed your platoon".

"You know what's the worst word?" he said.

("What's the worst word you can possibly imagine?" she asks her cousin).

"Bitch," I said (the worst word I knew) and flinched in anticipation of a skelp.

I would wonder, How the hell is it going to be O.K.? The worst word in the English language is "hope".

Some college friends once filled a bulletin board with rejection letters, turning it into a game to point out the ones with the worst wording.