bawdry

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bawdry
Noun
  • As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, the expression not hardly is considered a vulgarism.
    NR Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The British cringed over new American accents, coinages and vulgarisms.
    Time, Time, 11 June 2019
Noun
  • The unauthorized 43-foot nude statue of Donald Trump in a Philadelphia park has been condemned by the city's Republican Party leader, who has filed an obscenity report with the police.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • South Korea’s obscenity laws severely restricted explicit content, making the magazine less distinctive compared to other fashion and lifestyle publications.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Plain language makes instructions easier to understand (and translate into languages other than English) and makes forms easier to complete.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Recommended by Our Editors Apple's New iPad Mini Has A17 Pro Chip, Apple Intelligence Apple Offers $1 Million Bug Bounty to Anyone Who Can Hack Its AI Servers Analysts: Apple Intelligence Features May Eventually Cost Up to $20 Per Month Apple's new natural language photo search is hit or miss.
    Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Now, changing customer attitudes, regulatory action, and improvements by larger financial players have made tipping and junk fees dirty words.
    Jennifer Tescher, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Now, free trade is a dirty word for Democrats and Republicans alike.
    Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • Scheuer is also being accused of changing menu prices, adding profanity to menus, attempting to disable certain accounts and locking 14 employees out of their accounts over a period of three months.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • According to federal prosecutors, Arthur Ray Hanson II, 63, of Huntsville, Alabama, left voicemails laced with profanity and racial slurs for Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Some passersby clapped in favor of the group’s chants, while others hurled expletives.
    NBC News, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • This was after Jack Flaherty struck out Machado the half-inning before and shouted expletives toward him on his way back to the dugout.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There’s a heavy focus on Asia’s first One&Only spa, featuring a green caviar body exfoliation and an Augustinus Bader facial celebs swear by.
    Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Biggest takeaways from 'Hard Knocks' with Bears: An HBO show with no swears?
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024

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“Bawdry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawdry. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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