vulgarism

noun

vul·gar·ism | \ ˈvəl-gə-ˌri-zəm

Definition of vulgarism

1 : vulgarity

2a : a word or expression originated or used chiefly by illiterate persons

b : a coarse word or phrase : obscenity

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used vulgarisms that embarrassed his family

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Trump himself has deployed vulgarisms for the female anatomy, plus T-shirts calling Democrat Hillary Clinton the same word were regularly spotted at Trump rallies during the 2016 campaign. — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "Kathy Griffin defends Samantha Bee with long Twitter account of her own tangle with Trump," 1 June 2018 As her unwillingness to come right out and say a vulgarism suggests, Mrs. Bush was in many ways a throwback. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Barbara Bush, matriarch in a political dynasty, dies at 92," 17 Apr. 2018

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