vulgarity
Example Sentences
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Vulgarity is also a loaded word, suggesting both an affinity with pornography and with things that are cheap, decorative or low class.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
Vulgarity is the order of the day, with the very rich hoarding vast amounts of wealth while the poor scratch the earth for their livelihood.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2018
Vulgarity was a very broad term for Victorians and referred to any kind of word or practice that was not strictly speaking what one ought to do in a social sense.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2012
Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language.
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2011
Vulgarity, it is said, sticks to a man like a limpet to a rock.
From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing vulgarity
Journalism
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Mitt Romney's comments about Donald Trump
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A Clockwork Orange
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