A four letter word?

Question

A lot of times I hear people say "____ is just a four letter word" but what does that mean? Sometimes what they're saying is a four letter word is longer than four letters. I dont understand

Answer 1

A "four letter word" is another name for an objectionable word. They're just called that because many of them are 4 letters.

Answer 2

Most words that are obscene or offensive are four letters long. As a result, the phrase "four-letter word" has become a synonym for something offensive.

For example, saying "War is a four-letter word", really means that war is a horrible thing.

Answer 3

the're talking about love and how those 4 letters can go a long way.
love is a hard thing to explain. it is an emition that is probably the hardest to understand. i think that just a four letter word is enough to mean for a life time.

Answer 4

they mean in it in the sense of bad or curse words. a lot of those words only have four letters so sometimes they might say that ______ is only a four letter word to give it the same negative connotation

Answer 5

the most common curse words are four letters, and instead of saying them, some people say they don't want to use the four letter words.

Answer 6

isn't it 'love is just a four lettered word?' which i think means like its just a word people can tell u that but they need to express it to make it real.

Answer 7

FOUR is a four-letter-word

Answer 8

they mean that word is like a curse word, obsenity, or profanity. My mother used to say you make mother sound like a four letter word.

Answer 9

My sense of that expression is that the speaker is saying the word doesn't mean anything, or doesn't mean anything important or profound. Another way of expressing the sentiment would be: "BIG DEAL!!!"

Answer 10

you know a (4) Four letter word such as

Some

Time

Work

Keep

Give

Sick