vulgar
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Even Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz, whose team went through in third, agreed and called the new format "vulgar and ordinary".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Where, even when dealing with vulgar matters, they stood up for what they believed to be the best of local values.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
“The extreme amongst the vulgar in London doubtlessly is, to omit the r altogether—to convert far into fah, hard into hahd, cord into cawd,” wrote Benjamin Smart, an articulation expert, in 1836.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The court “is not a place for vulgar barroom talk,” Judge M. Margaret McKeown clapped back in a concurrence joined by 25 fellow judges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
All over Winter, even in frozen barbarian Perunter, it is considered execrably vulgar to talk business while eating.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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