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While sitting down with Hoda Kotb on the NBC news series for a wide-ranging live interview on Tuesday, Nov. 19 to promote her new memoir, the 78-year-old music icon dropped the F-word, leaving the studio murmuring and Kotb quickly trying to make light of the swear word snafu.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
For a few of the more vulgar selections, a few slight edits were made to omit a swear word or splice something out for timing.
—Tim Latterner, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
How and where the swear word was used is important.
—Amy Morin, Parents, 3 July 2024
But on the actual recording, there is no swear word.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 20 June 2024
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
For a few of the more vulgar selections, a few slight edits were made to omit a swear word or splice something out for timing.
—Tim Latterner, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
How and where the swear word was used is important.
—Amy Morin, Parents, 3 July 2024
But on the actual recording, there is no swear word.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 20 June 2024
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“Swear word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swear%20word. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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swearword
noun
swear·word
ˈswa(ə)r-ˌwərd 
ˈswe(ə)r-
: a bad or vulgar word
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