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Language While there's no overt bad language, there are some things characters talk about that parents should be aware of.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 12 Feb. 2025
That meant some different rules, including no ads and permitted bad language.
—CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Lenina Huxley, Spartan’s ’90s-loving partner, explains that alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, meat, bad language and gasoline, among other things, are banned.
—Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
There was a ratings dispute over the movie Bully, because there was so much bad language in it.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 12 Feb. 2025
That meant some different rules, including no ads and permitted bad language.
—CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Lenina Huxley, Spartan’s ’90s-loving partner, explains that alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, meat, bad language and gasoline, among other things, are banned.
—Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
There was a ratings dispute over the movie Bully, because there was so much bad language in it.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
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“Bad language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20language. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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