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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fighting words (also fighting talk)

▶plural noun

1 informal words indicating a willingness to fight.

2 US insulting or provocative words, especially of an ethnic, racial, or sexist nature, considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.

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