vulgarism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal communication.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Amidst his manuscript notes for Democratic Vistas he [Walt Whitman] wrote himself a reminder to "offset the statement of depravity [and] vulgarism ... of the masses by a full acknowledgment of the latent heroism.""
- ""Shit" is a vulgarism."
- "We never descended to the vulgarism of a quarrel. People said that neither of us had a heart, but it appears to me that politeness is an excellent substitute."
- "Editors of newspapers allow more vulgarisms to go to print today than they used to."
Etymology
Etymology tree English vulgar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vulgarism From vulgar + -ism.