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dirty word

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a dirty word
if something is a dirty word, people do not generally approve of it. For the environmentally conscious, 'disposable' has become a dirty word.
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But now, Whitney is part of a group of fosters who must learn to live in a new culture that lives and dies by trees, yet where environmentalist is a dirty word.
Wolfson, Jill. Home, and other big, fat lies by Marler, Myrna / Kliatt
Will globalization (today a dirty word on Capitol Hill) itself soon come under attack, particularly if the economy within a year or two begins to slow and real wages continue to remain stagnant?
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When used in the context of higher education, "productivity" sounds like a dirty word.
On Becoming a Productive University: Strategies for Reducing Costs ... by Goral, Tim / University Business
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