Noun: vulgarism 'vúl-gu,ri-zum
- The quality of lacking taste and refinement
"The vulgarism of his jokes offended many at the dinner party";
- coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, raunch
- An offensive or indecent word or phrase
"The letter was full of smut and vulgarisms";
- obscenity, smut, filth, dirty word
Derived forms: vulgarisms
Type of: inelegance, profanity
Encyclopedia: Vulgarism