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bawdry

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Definition of bawdry

as in scurrility

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As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, the expression not hardly is considered a vulgarism.

— NR Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
The British cringed over new American accents, coinages and vulgarisms.

— Time, Time, 11 June 2019

Definition of vulgarism

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My main point is not just that there's lots of obscenity in both, but also lots of poetics in both.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Now, as some have noted, there are Supreme Court precedents that have already held that broadcasters don’t have complete free speech rights around things like, for example, obscenity.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscenity

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From a consideration of apoptosis—the orderly elimination of damaged or unnecessary cells—Solé moves on to failing machines, eroded memories, vanished languages, brittle digital archives, and more.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
High-needs students — defined as those receiving free or reduced price meals, English language learners and students with disabilities — also performed about 10 points below the overall student body in each category.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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NPAs are hungry to elect centrists who believe that compromise is not a dirty word.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
Capex has become a dirty word among tech investors because the more hyperscalers spend, the more their stocks fall due to uncertainty about the return on those investments.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Definition of dirty word

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The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
As the mother resumed telling the officer what happened, Ruiz allegedly came back downstairs and used several expletives toward her, police wrote.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

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