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vulgarism
/ ˈvʌlɡəˌrɪzəm /
noun
- a coarse, crude, or obscene expression
- a word or phrase found only in the vulgar form of a language
- another word for vulgarity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vulgarism1
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Example Sentences
For instance, the use of "most" for "almost" is distinctly, if not a vulgarism, at least a colloquialism.
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Contrast with the case of "scientist" a vulgarism such as the use of "transpire" in the sense of "happen."
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They are also called bivalves bi the unlearned, but this iz a vulgarism.
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Skroud and skrouge for croud, are sometimes heard among people that should be ashamed of the least vulgarism.
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I think this vulgarism is heard among the English peasantry too: though we have the honour and glory of evolving it independently.
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