VULGARISMS

Noun

vulgarisms

plural of vulgarism

Source: Wiktionary


VULGARISM

Vul"gar*ism, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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