as in pornographic
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
a stash of stag flicks that were hidden in the basement
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Recent Examples of stag
Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2022
To keep things lighthearted, work in a few quirky talking points into your teenage son's bedroom, like the paper mache stag heads seen here in a ski house bedroom designed by Sarah Richardson.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 19 Aug. 2022
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Landmark stag sign in downtown Portland's Old Town neighborhood is seen.
—Ted Wheeler, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Early illustrations indicated that during Queen Victoria’s reign, mounted stag heads lined the walls, facing enormous chandeliers and a cutout orchestral pit.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2022
To keep things lighthearted, work in a few quirky talking points into your teenage son's bedroom, like the paper mache stag heads seen here in a ski house bedroom designed by Sarah Richardson.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 19 Aug. 2022
Noun
That means no more conspicuous consumption or the breaking of high-end hotels’ mounted stag heads.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Landmark stag sign in downtown Portland's Old Town neighborhood is seen.
—Ted Wheeler, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stag
Adjective
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The dangers of some using modern technology to render false, realistic pornographic depictions of real individuals is just one of many concerns people are having in the age of artificial intelligence.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
23 Jan. 2026
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The legislation would allow individuals whose likeness has been used by AI to generate pornographic photos and videos without their consent to sue those responsible for generating or disseminating the content for upward of $150,000.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Food and drink Local ingredients are spun into global favorites such as Middle Eastern garbanzo for breakfast or foie-gras terrine for supper, while also celebrating traditional Creole dishes.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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For an easy and inexpensive supper use white beans to build a scrumptious soup.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Not only are hospital CEOs paid obscene amounts of money and the hospitals are sitting on fat cash balances, but NewYork–Presbyterian is guilty of something even more grotesque.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some made obscene gestures, and one held up a paper cursing the president.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Snack on a Umm Ali pastry while sipping a karak chai (the local spiced tea, a mix of black tea, cardamom and condensed milk found on every street corner).—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Typical cruises do include the cost of basics like your state room, meals in main dining areas, and non-alcoholic beverages like water, coffee, and tea.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Although the Ripken card launched many conspiracy theories as to whether the inclusion of its vulgar phrase was truly a mistake or a Fleer marketing ploy, there is a long history of errors making it through quality control in sports card production.—
Tyler Holzhammer,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The joke swap during last year's Christmas episode went to some particularly jaw-dropping places after Che made Jost read a vulgar joke about Johansson.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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On Saturday night, Focus Features threw a party at Castillo del Lago for its entire Hamnet gang, inviting voters and press to attend the soiree hosted by Sir Ben Kingsley.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2026
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The soirée took place at Caesars Palace, where the artist would later hold her two mega-successful residencies.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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By building arrays of outdoor telescopes that gather and focus that blue light, these Čerenkov telescopes can help us reconstruct the original direction and energy of these ultra-fast cosmic rays that strike and interact with Earth’s atmosphere.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Bovino’s return to his old job on the border leaves the administration without a field commander for the rolling conquest of blue cities that has defined its strategy since May.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Without clear criteria, intuition fills the void, and impressions masquerade as expertise.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The preview shows the night Benedict and Sophie meet for the first time at a masquerade ball.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Stag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stag. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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