maledicta

Noun

maledicta pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) Profane or blasphemous language.
   • We see this in the third commandment, in the popularity of hell, damn, God, and Jesus Christ, and in many of the terms for taboo language itself: profanity (that which is not sacred), blasphemy (literally "evil speech" but in practice disrespect toward a deity), and swearing, cursing, and oaths...2007, Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature, page 340
2. (plural, plural-only) Taboo language of all kinds, including profanity, blasphemy, swearing, cursing, insults, hate speech, impolite language, etc.
   • For 11 years now, “day and night, every Saturday and Sunday,” Aman had devoted his life to what he calls maledicta, the scholarly study of profanity and insults.1977 October 30, Edith Herman, “*%&!$*&#-X!!!: Naughty Words — Reinhold Aman knows them all”, in Toledo Blade
   • Most foreigners believe that Japanese is sparse in maledicta, which is not true. However, they can be quite subtle at times and tend to bypass the square-heads conditioned to blunt ravings of the “up yours, shithead, motherfucker” variety.1987, John Solt, “Japanese Sexual Maledicta”, in Reinhold Aman, editor, The Best of Maledicta: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression