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vulgarism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vulgarism \Vul"gar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. vulgarisme.] 1. Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity. 2. A vulgar phrase or expression. A fastidious taste will find offense in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call ``slang,'' which not a few of our writers seem to have affected. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vulgarism n 1: obscene word or phrase [syn: {obscenity}] 2: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: {coarseness}, {commonness}, {grossness}, {vulgarity}]
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