Not any four letter word, mind you, but the most politically toxic of them all.
But we are no closer to discovering whether the accused is guilty or innocent of the central charge - using a four letter word to an officer of the law.
The problem is that the word compromise, once a ten-letter word, has become a four-letter word among many of the more extreme Republicans who have entered the House of Representatives and the Senate over the past few elections.
President Obama and his minions seem to think that freedom is a four-letter word.
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"The laugh is just as strong as if I put in the four-letter word, " Mr. Cosby says.
And Sandahl says any new development would create more sprawl, which is a four-letter word to state planners.
At a time when "risk" is the dirtiest four-letter word on Wall Street, such skills have made RiskMetrics a hot commodity.
"Pivot to me is not a four-letter word, " says Tony Conrad, a partner in the early-stage venture capital firm True Ventures.
That may be a four-letter word, but the two initiatives it encapsulates can lay the foundation for IT advancement among the have-nots.
Mr. WYSS: With the rising foreclosures and delinquencies in the subprime market, they got reminded that risk is still a four-letter word.
In one instance, Cringely asked whether there's a hidden meaning when Jobs uses a nasty four-letter word to describe his employees' subpar work.
In his words before the council, Emanuel repeatedly, emphatically distinguished the Trust from the parking meter deal, a four-letter word in this town.
"The Maloofs are a four-letter word in Sacramento, " said Carmichael Dave, a sports radio commentator who is driving an RV to NBA cities across the country to campaign for his city's cause.
As I was saying, the reason I feel comfortable using that four-letter word, love, is because the two women are doing a Valentine's Day show at Stage 72 on the Upper West Side that evening.
"As any golfer who has watched his partner shank a short approach knows, it would be absurd to accept the suggestion that the resultant four-letter word uttered on the golf course describes sex or excrement and is therefore indecent, " he wrote.
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Government ministers, union leaders and people running big airports can look after themselves even if they may be taken aback by Mr O'Leary's typically four-letter-word abuse.
We use four-letter functionals now and then (but only where no other, five-letter word will suffice).
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