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vulgarity

[vuhl-gar-i-tee] / vʌlˈgær ɪ ti /




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It’s one of the oldest conceits ever, thinking that vulgarity makes you look tough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The juxtaposition of popular art’s messy vulgarity with the pristine aspirations of high art is surprisingly uninvolving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

His inauguration unfolded like a grotesque pageant, a theater of excess where power and cruelty met on a stage gilded in vulgarity.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

Now, Farrelly is banking on that same thirst for vulgarity and depraved humor for “Ricky Stanicky,” his latest buddy comedy starring Zac Efron and John Cena that hits Prime Video on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

I can only imagine the film’s latest horrors, its flaunting of vulgarity in the face of theology and geometry, taste and decency.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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