bad taste
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A new vanguard—led by the beer-swilling redneck Stone Cold Steve Austin—would bring the art form into the modern age by embracing bad taste.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
So that’s just all around a bad look, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
“It definitely left a very bad taste in our mouth,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
"It's obviously in bad taste, but if Linden wants to make light of the situation, that's down to her."
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
There was a worse than bad taste in his mouth— as if all night he’d been sucking on his feet, he thought—and he had no toothbrush.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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