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Noun
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The juxtaposition of popular art’s messy vulgarity with the pristine aspirations of high art is surprisingly uninvolving.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025 -
Higher courts often interpret whether cases fall under the protections of the First Amendment. Freedom of speech, including vulgarity, is common in such cases.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Their silence comes off as rudeness, for which Betty rebukes them after dinner.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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While civility is sorely lacking in politics, two other areas are known for rudeness as well — the workplace and the schools, at all levels.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Trump era is one of indelicacy, profanity, and real—not imagined—misogyny, and its flacks deserve a language that matches up.—
Josephine Livingstone,
The New Republic,
5 June 2018
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Trump added, seemingly referring to the indelicacy of directly attacking a war hero who is fighting brain cancer.—
Callum Borchers,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2018
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“Rowdiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdiness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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