Editing Four-letter word (section)

==In popular culture==
Generic references, not specifying the word:
*[[Cole Porter]]'s 1934 song "[[Anything Goes (Cole Porter song)|Anything Goes]]" includes the line "Good authors too who once knew better words, now only use four-letter words writing prose. Anything goes."
*[[Cheap Trick]]'s 1982 album [[One on One (Cheap Trick album)|''One on One'']] finishes with a song titled "Four Letter Word".
*[[The Cardigans]] in their song "[[For What It's Worth (The Cardigans song)|For What It's Worth]]", use the "four-letter word" expression several times.
*''[[That Four-Letter Word]]'' is a 2006 independent film from India.
*[[Wales|Welsh]] [[Punk rock|punk]] band Four Letter Word, formed in 1991, named themselves after the phrase.
*''A Four Letter Word'' is also the title of a 2007 gay-themed movie starring Jesse Archer and [[Charlie David]].
*"[[Four Letter Word (Def Leppard song)|Four Letter Word]]" is also the title of a 2003 song by [[Def Leppard]].
*"Four Letter Words", a 1979 song by [[Nicky Chinn|Chinn]] and [[Mike Chapman|Chapman]] on Suzi Quatro's album ''[[Suzi ... and Other Four Letter Words]]''
*American punk-rock band Gossip released a track entitled "Four Letter Word" on their 2009 album Music For Men.
*The 2007 [[Cold in California]] album by [[Ingram Hill]] includes a track entitled "Four Letter Word".
*The opening track of [[Beady Eye]]'s 2011 album [[Different Gear, Still Speeding]] is entitled "Four Letter Word".
*[[Echobelly]] on their album [[On (Echobelly album)]] included a song named: "Four Letter Word".
*[[Chocolate Starfish]] have a track called "Four Letter Word" on their eponymous album.
*The song "[[Irresistible (Fall Out Boy song)|Irresistible]]" by [[Fall Out Boy]] features the line "You know I give my love a four-letter name".
*In the 2019 [[BBC]]-[[HBO]] mini-series ''[[Years and Years (TV series)|Years and Years]]'' written by [[Russell T Davies]], after controversialist businesswoman Vivienne Rook gains popularity by claiming that she "doesn't give a fuck" about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict whilst on ''[[Question Time]]'' and subsequently railing against being censored, she establishes the populist, far-right Four Star Party, whose symbol is four asterisks.
A specified word that actually has four letters:
Love:
*The fact that ''[[love]]'' is a word with four letters has been used in several popular song titles, including "[[Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word]]" written by [[Bob Dylan]] and performed by [[Joan Baez]], "[[Four Letter Word (Kim Wilde song)|Four Letter Word]]" written by [[Ricki Wilde|Ricki]] and [[Marty Wilde]] and performed by [[Kim Wilde]], "4 Letter Word" written by [[Claude Kelly]] and [[Matt Squire]] and performed by [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]].
*[[Elton John]]'s [[I've Seen That Movie Too]] from his 1973 album [[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]] contains the line "love's just a four letter word" in the chorus.<ref>{{Citation |title=Elton John – I've Seen That Movie Too |url=https://genius.com/Elton-john-ive-seen-that-movie-too-lyrics |access-date=2024-02-24}}</ref>
*A television show called ''[[Love_Is_a_Four_Letter_Word_(TV_series)|Love Is a Four Letter Word]]'' was produced by [[ABC (Australia)|ABC]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/loveis/|title=love is a four letter word|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year=2001|access-date=2014-08-13}}</ref>
*[[Jack Ingram]]'s song "Love You", uses love as a play on another four-letter word: "Yeah, I'm sick an' lovin' tired of all your lovin' around".
*[[Metallica]] uses the line "Love is a four-letter word" in the song "[[The Day That Never Comes]]" from their album ''[[Death Magnetic]]''.
*R&B singer Raheem DeVaughan used the "love" meaning in his song "Four Letter Word" on his 2008 album ''Love Behind The Melody''.
*''[[Love Is a Four Letter Word (album)|Love Is a Four Letter Word]],'' 2012, [[Jason Mraz]]
*The song "How We Do ('93 Til)" by [[Freddie Gibbs]] features the line "love is a four-letter word like fuck and shit, so, love, you can suck my dick".<ref>{{Citation |title=Freddie Gibbs – How We Do ('93 Til Freestyle #3) |url=https://genius.com/Freddie-gibbs-how-we-do-93-til-freestyle-3-lyrics |access-date=2024-02-24}}</ref>
Work:
*In a song sung by [[Cilla Black]] and [[Cover song|covered]] by [[The Smiths]], "[[I Keep Mine Hidden|Work Is a Four-letter Word]]", this phrase is used to describe work as obscene.
*''[[Work Is a Four-Letter Word]]'' is the title of a 1968 British comedy film.
Hope:
*The song "[[Counting Stars]]" by [[OneRepublic]] features the line "hope is our four-letter word".
Hate:
*The band [[Shock Therapy (band)|Shock Therapy]] sang a song "Hate Is a 4-Letter Word".
Jazz:
*A photo-montage by partner-artists Privat & Primat is titled "Jazz and Love are 4-Letter Words".
Nice:
*Good Omens's famous wall scene: Crowley's "I'm not nice; nice is a four-letter word"
A specified word that does not actually have four letters:
*The band [[Cake (band)|Cake]] made a play on words in their song "[[Friend Is a Four Letter Word]]."
*The song "[[Baby, I'm an Anarchist!|Baby, I'm an Anarchist]]" by [[Against Me!]] features the line "to you solidarity's a four-letter word."
*In Degrassi: The Next Generation Episode 504, Mr. Simpson (Snake) says "...in my life, spontaneous is a four-letter word."
*In the song "Absolute zero" by "[[Stone Sour]]", there is a line that goes as follows: "Man is a four-letter word, it's really absurd"