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Word of the Day: F-bomb
F-bomb is a euphemism for the four-letter-word fu**.
Sometimes, people will use fu** or swear in an inappropriate situation.
Perhaps they’re at their grandmother’s birthday party or a business dinner, and the word slips out.
In cases such as that, we can say that they dropped the f-bomb.
Whenever fu** is used in an inappropriate situation, people will talk about it afterwards.
They may say something like, “I can’t believe that Mitch dropped the f-bomb at my mother’s wedding! What was he thinking?”
Children should never use this four-letter word.
If they do, people will look at it as a sign that the child is undisciplined and disrespectful.
Choose your words wisely and watch your tongue.
You don’t want your friends or acquaintances to think you have a potty mouth.
I wouldn’t want anyone reading this post to make a mistake and drop a four-letter word in an inappropriate situation.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 73.
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