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Profanity
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- It includes strong language that stops short of outright profanity.
- The celebrities can be informed that the beneficiaries do not take kindly to profanity.
- Bodies are blasted apart, blood is splattered on the screen and profanity is as prevalent as the plentiful weapon caches.
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Word Origin & History
profanity
c.1600, from L.L. profanitas, from L. profanus (see profane). Extended sense of "foul language" is from Old Testament commandment against "profaning" the name of the Lord.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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