transcription, транскрипция: [ -wɜ:(r)d ]
( -words)
You can use -word after a letter of the alphabet to refer politely or humorously to a word beginning with that letter which people find offensive or are embarrassed to use.
It was the first show to use the F-word and show nudity on stage...
Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.
COMB in N-COUNT