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Sprechen Sie Swiittzerttuuuutsch?

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I asked this question (awkwardly, I guess) in Languages and haven't had any helpful answers. There's a word my daughter's not allowed to say at school, something like "u-wer-eh". She says it means "really" or "very" but evidently it means something else as well. What? How bad is it? And sorry for my rudeness!

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you probably mean "(u)huere". this word is used a lot in Schwiizerd眉眉tsch (mostly together with "guet" or "geil").
your daughter is right, it means indeed really or very.
(u)huere guet = really/very good. the leading "u", spoken or not, depends on the region you are.

but why is she not allowed to say this word at school? very simple reason - "huere" has also another meaning -- "whore" (high german - Hure)
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http://ets.freetranslation.com/...

maybe this will help
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