vulgarism

American  

[vuhl-guh-riz-uhm] / ˈvʌl gəˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. vulgar behavior or character; vulgarity.

2. a vulgar expression; a word or phrase used only in common colloquial, and especially in coarse, speech.

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vulgarism British  

/ ˈvʌlɡəˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. a coarse, crude, or obscene expression

2. a word or phrase found only in the vulgar form of a language

3. another word for vulgarity

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Etymology

Origin of vulgarism

First recorded in 1635–45; vulgar + -ism

Example Sentences

Well, the Games brought a large wave of vulgarism to Hyde Park for the men's triathlon on Tuesday and I was happy to be part of it.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2012

He is the originator of the hideous vulgarism of using 'contact' as a verb�We contacted Mr. Smith.'

From Time Magazine Archive

The Olympics had opened with the kind of easy pomp which the British are so good at, with none of the neo-pagan vulgarism which characterized the 1936 Berlin Olympiad.

From Time Magazine Archive

The predominant fault of the bad English encountered today is not the crude vulgarism of the untaught but the blithe irresponsibility of the taught.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the most cultivated people are guilty of this vulgarism.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.