C-word

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ˈC-word 8 [C-word] BrE NAmE noun (informal, sometimes offensive)
used to replace a word beginning with C that you do not want to say, for example the offensive swear word ‘cunt’, or ‘cancer’
•An employee who uses the C-word to a colleague will be suspended.
•I hate it when people refer to cancer as the C-word.
•For these men commitment is the dreaded C-word.
compare ↑F-word