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rough language
noun as in billingsgate
Example Sentences
Streaming content, like premium cable fare before it, has since come to overwhelm the broadcasters in the awards race in part because they, too, are free from FCC limitations about sex, violence, rough language, even subject matter.
She said she can “handle some rough language” from LePage if he puts the economy on track.
Gone in the Night Rated R for rough language and some bloodletting moments.
Ryan’s dad, Brandon, who’s 49 and works in product marketing at the Roland musical-instrument company, says he doesn’t fear his daughter’s exposure to rough language in a musical context: “It’s not like she’s gonna melt into a puddle.”
In January, the McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee voted to ban the book over concerns about “rough” language and a nude depiction of the author’s mother’s dead body, according to meeting minutes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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