Four-letter word words of this length are upsetting to some, for religious or personal sensitivity reasons, such as: "" (UK), "", "", "", and "" (UK). Racist, ableist, and slurs pertaining to an individual's sexual orientation may also qualify, such as "" (in the UK not a racial slur, but short for Mongol, or someone with Down syndrome - previously called Mongolism), "", "", "", "", "" and "". Several "four-letter words" have multiple meanings (some even serving as given names), and usually only offend when used in their vulgar senses, for example: "", "", "" (UK) and "" (UK). A borderline
Four-letter word category includes words that are euphemistic evasions of "stronger" words, as well as those that happen to be short and have both an expletive sound to some listeners as well as a sexual or excretory meaning (many also have other, non-vulgar meanings): "" (US), "", "", "" (US), "" (UK, NZ, AUS), "" and "", as several examples. Finally, certain four-lettered terms with limited usage can be considered offensive by some, within the regional dialect in which they are used, such as "" and "mary". Occasionally the phrase "four-letter word" is humorously used to describe common words composed of four