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bad language

bad language noun: profanity.

Noun

bad language (uncountable)

  1. Profanity.
    • Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37

Questions about bad language

What does bad language mean?
Bad language means profanity.
What part of speech is bad language?
Bad language is a noun.

Words near bad language in the dictionary

  1. Bad Ischl
  2. bad joke
  3. bad jokes
  4. Bad Kreuznach
  5. Bad Lands
  6. bad language
  7. bad leaver
  8. bad leavers
  9. bad light
  10. bad looker
  11. bad lookers

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