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vulgar

[vuhl-ger] / ˈvʌl gər /




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Vulgar language can be effective in a sharp response, but it dulls with overuse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

However, she did sneak onto the tracklist of the most recent release, Now 116, as a featured artist on Sam Smith's single Vulgar.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023

“Vulgar is beautiful, filthy and gorgeous / Vulgar will make you dance, don’t need a chorus / Say we’re ridiculous, we’ll just go harder / Mad and meticulous, Sam and Madonna.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

As described in Jack Lowery’s new book, “It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful,” wheat paste was something like a holy substance for activists, enabling the circulation of their righteously angry art.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Vulgar they may have been, but that’s not to say they weren’t effective.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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