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profanity

[pruh-fan-i-tee, proh-] / prəˈfæn ɪ ti, proʊ- /


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Adam Christing is best known as the founder of Clean Comedians, a group that includes Nate Bargatze and specializes in stand-up routines that are free of profanity and dirty jokes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

But many of India's Gen Z do not see profanity in the same way.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

But a new report from the Washington Post quantifies what many people have sensed: Trump’s use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.

From Salon May 26, 2026

More recent performers have included this past year's headliner Kendrick Lamar, the rapper who cut out profanity but still performed a viral diss track of his rival Drake.

From Barron's Oct. 22, 2025

During this time, owing to his newfound piety, Bobby used no profanity.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

When one of China's biggest stand-up comedians opened his show with a joke about the extraordinarily long rule of the country's leader Xi Jinping, it drew a cheer, alongside a smattering of approving profanities.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Still, Fetterman — known for his blunt and irreverent talk — generally confined his profanities to his writings on social media when describing his disdain for, say, Pennsylvania’s relatively low minimum wage.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2024

So as I talked about in the book, with respect to coarse words and profanities, there was actually an Obscenities Act.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2023

I wonder now whether trading profanities could be used more widely and with therapeutic intention within the disabled community, and even beyond.

From Washington Post Jul. 29, 2022

Prejudice or imagination, therefore, seems to have had something to do in describing poor Taffy's profanities.

From Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various




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