http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#24015Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:35:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:24015suzi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#24015http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-24015.xmlthere is a new programme on air the US at the moment called the L word and it is about lesbians, so it could be that. It could be love, too, it would depend on the context. It is a popular construction in UK and can be made to fit any number of situations, like parents discussing getting a toddler to bed might say "shall we mention the B word?" it is also used extensively to discuss taboo words in polite company: the F word the C word, for instancehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#23745Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:35:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:23745rommie1http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#23745http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-23745.xmlI've heard "work" referred to as "the W word".http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#23718Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:35:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:23718mask2http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#23718http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-23718.xmlI think I figured it out myself. It was from the latest episode of Gilmore Girls. Paris says that she is going to sleep with the other girls, since she is scared of being infected with the cold that Rory's caught. Rory then says something like "How very the l-word!" L-word = lesbian?http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#23716Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:35:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:23716Woodward3http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htm#23716http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-23716.xmlMaybe it is 'LOVE'. What context did you hear it in?http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 14:35:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:23709mask4http://www.englishforums.com/English/L/vxrl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-23709.xmlWhat is the L-word?