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Noun
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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
Noun
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There’s an obscenity with pearls.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Video shows the women squeezing through the window and screaming obscenities at the people inside, while tossing food, beverages and packaging.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Still, for distributors and exhibitors in the United States, bringing foreign-language films to theaters sometimes seems like an act of philanthropy, while French sales agent grumble about the low sales prices.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Foreign language films, documentaries, cross pollination with their music artists, and more producing are all on the table.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Too many in the media see conservatism as a dirty word.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
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It’s viewed by Hollywood artists as a dirty word.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When the motion passed, residents stormed out of the room en masse, some yelling profanity and pledging to vote coucilmembers out of office.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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Even though a minority of people with Tourette syndrome experience coprolalia, media portrayals of Tourette’s disproportionately focus on outbursts of profanity.—
Rena Zito,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Díaz-Canel is one of the regime’s most unpopular figures, earning a popular expletive as a nickname on the island.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Kennedy responded with an outburst full of expletives.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kennedy could be heard hurling swears at the Swedish team.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026
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And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Bawdry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawdry. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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