bad taste
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Ian Lewer, who was at the 2018 rugby club dinner with his wife, said the joke was "crude, bad taste and insulting".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
“It definitely left a very bad taste in our mouth,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
He uses the word “multibillionaire” twice as if expelling a bad taste from his mouth and paints a clichéd picture of their “300-foot yachts.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Haste plus waste, made for very bad taste.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025
That left a bad taste in his mouth as well.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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