About The Word Vulgarism
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Vulgarism
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What's The Definition Of Vulgarism?
[n] the quality of lacking taste and refinement
[n] obscene word or phrase Synonyms | Synonyms for Vulgarism: coarseness | commonness | grossness | obscenity | vulgarity Related Terms | Find terms related to Vulgarism: See Also | bawdry | bawdy | inelegance | profanity | scatology Vulgarism In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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