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What is a classification word for all profanities and obscenities? Does Japanese have a euphemism similar to "f-word" in English? Does 悪口 fit the definition?

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「放送禁止用語{ほうそうきんしようご}」 would be a fairly safe word choice here. Literally, that means "the words forbidden on the air". Though it uses six kanji, it is not a heavy-sounding word at all.

If you used a more "dictionary translation" kind of word such as 「卑語{ひご}」 or 「冒涜的{ぼうとくてき}な言葉{ことば}」, it would be much more uncommon and it would sound much heavier and technical.

「悪口{わるぐち}」 means a totally different thing. It means "abuse", "slander", etc. It refers to the action and not the words uttered themselves.