vulgarism

[vuhl-guh-riz-uhm]

vul·gar·ism

[vuhl-guh-riz-uhm]
noun
1.
vulgar behavior or character; vulgarity.
2.
a vulgar expression; a word or phrase used only in common colloquial, and especially in coarse, speech.

Origin:
1635–45; vulgar + -ism
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Vulgarism is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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vulgarism (ˈvʌlɡəˌrɪzəm)
 
n
1.  a coarse, crude, or obscene expression
2.  a word or phrase found only in the vulgar form of a language
3.  another word for vulgarity

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