Definition of "vulgarism" []

• Vulgarity. (noun)
• A crudely indecent word or phrase; an obscenity. (noun)
• A word, phrase, or manner of expression used chiefly by uneducated people. (noun)

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• "To use a vulgarism which is stripped of its vulgarity if employed reverently, as I would do it -- we know where to have Him."
• "Just because Dawg is a jerk does not make Chiapas a "sak-o-xit", a poorly phrased vulgarism if there ever was one."
• "“Sarah Palin is a [sexual vulgarism deleted]” — good one!"