profanity

The use of profanity by protesters is because "when there's a weaker sense of respect, expletives become a response".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

He was like, “Well, Bonnie’s willing to do the song as long as there’s no profanity because she’s not a profane person.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

But a new report from the Washington Post quantifies what many people have sensed: Trump’s use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.

From Salon ● May 26, 2026

She said she volunteered in November to mediate the meetings, instructing residents to wait their turn to speak or rephrase their questions without profanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

When one of China's biggest stand-up comedians opened his show with a joke about the extraordinarily long rule of the country's leader Xi Jinping, it drew a cheer, alongside a smattering of approving profanities.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Still, Fetterman — known for his blunt and irreverent talk — generally confined his profanities to his writings on social media when describing his disdain for, say, Pennsylvania’s relatively low minimum wage.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

So as I talked about in the book, with respect to coarse words and profanities, there was actually an Obscenities Act.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023

I wonder now whether trading profanities could be used more widely and with therapeutic intention within the disabled community, and even beyond.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

Robin Hood and Maid Marian, with the fool and Hobby Horse, were, doubtless, enacted to the jingling of morris-dancers and other profanities.

From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various