vulgarity
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It’s one of the oldest conceits ever, thinking that vulgarity makes you look tough.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
It is an astonishing, so to speak, over-the-top score, which you either love or abhor for its instrumental vulgarity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
His inauguration unfolded like a grotesque pageant, a theater of excess where power and cruelty met on a stage gilded in vulgarity.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025
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
The woman wore a fashionable wrap, high shiny boots, and tapered pants; the man lounged in a rumpled shirt and stained trousers, giving an air of almost deliberate vulgarity.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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Journalism
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Mitt Romney's comments about Donald Trump
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A Clockwork Orange
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