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vulgarity

[vuhl-gar-i-tee] / vʌlˈgær ɪ ti /




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The ostentatious displays of deference he demanded, and received, from heads of state and CEOs manifested an arrogance that enraged some participants and a vulgarity that revolted others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The juxtaposition of popular art’s messy vulgarity with the pristine aspirations of high art is surprisingly uninvolving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

This is also a woman who chided her granddaughter that “vulgarity is no substitute for wit,” while proudly and without apology wielding her class-conscious vulgarity over her family and the servants.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Now, Farrelly is banking on that same thirst for vulgarity and depraved humor for “Ricky Stanicky,” his latest buddy comedy starring Zac Efron and John Cena that hits Prime Video on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

“In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish,” he declared, “the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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