Is the word lard a bad word?

Answer 1

The word 'lard' itself is not a bad word.

There are some people who use it to insult others, so actually it's the intent of those people to insult and hurt others that is bad, not the word.

Lard is a solid shortening made from pork fat; what you have left in the pan after cooking bacon. Until related health problems came to the attention of the public, it was the most common frying fat and baking shortening used in any culture that consumed pork. For taste, anything fried in lard has a much richer flavor than fried in a vegetable product.