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boo-word

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noun

  1. any word that seems to cause irrational fear

    "communism" became a boo-word in the McCarthy era

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It is nothing to do with terrorism, or even the elastic boo-word of Islamism.

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