The use of such words is another form of vulgarism. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
Using a vulgarism, he asks, "What am I doing it for?". From Wordnik.com. [Entrepreneurial 'Therapy':] Reference
“Kharajú” = they (masc.) went forth, a vulgarism for. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
“Sayyib-hu” an Egyptian vulgarism found also in Syria. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Punning is a vulgarism that should be scrupulously avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
“Furkh samak” lit. a fish-chick, an Egyptian vulgarism. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
“Wa lá Kabbata hámiyah,” a Cairene vulgarism meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
However this may be, it is simply an archaism, not a vulgarism. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
When did the Home Office get so dumbed down they would use such a vulgarism?. From Wordnik.com. [The Italian Job « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
There are gradations in awkwardness and vulgarism, as there are in everything else. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
Edit. (iv. 332) also affects the Egyptian vulgarism “Farkh – Banni” of the Mac. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
I replied with a quaint vulgarism, wheeled my black and raced back the way I had come. From Wordnik.com. [The Courts of Chaos]
Proper libertarianism does not engage in the vulgarism Carson notes—it is selective. From Wordnik.com. [The ALLied invasion of Cato] Reference
No such website exists, but surely this vulgarism for the female genitalia presupposes?. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Coulter Loses the Plot] Reference
Slang is a form of vulgarism that is very prevalent in its use even by educated people. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
“Kurundul:” so in English we have the accepted vulgarism of “Kernel” for Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The steam plow suited to the genius of our people, must, to use a vulgarism, "get up and go.". From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
This broadening of the precise meaning of a word is surely a frequent type of “vulgarism”. From Wordnik.com. [1880s English | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
"Shyster" turned out to be a Yiddish corruption of a German vulgarism meaning a crooked lawyer. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: RIP DAVID SHULMAN.] Reference
Well, it is simply a Lebanonese melange of vulgarism, sleaze, misogyny, tackiness, and bad taste. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday, August 31, 2005] Reference
I have treasured for 45 years the “vulgarism” with which an Australian businessman regaled me. From Wordnik.com. [1880s English | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
To use a vulgarism, he has an extremely "level head.". From Wordnik.com. [Village Improvements and Farm Villages] Reference
Biadeeyah and my "Bayázi" was an Arab vulgarism used by the. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
I have covered the baldness of our German vulgarism, “thief,”. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
Contrast with the case of "scientist" a vulgarism such as the use of. From Wordnik.com. [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference
A woman who would scorn the vulgarism of jealousy, and yet know what it is to love. From Wordnik.com. [The Odd Women] Reference
But there were moments when to Ursula he seemed indescribably inferior, false, a vulgarism. From Wordnik.com. [Women in Love] Reference
it sounds like vulgarism - so terrible for my innocent soul!!!. From Wordnik.com. [Why God was Vovka`s follower?!] Reference
Understanders, on the job -- if I may be permitted a vulgarism; and as yet they are not all agreed. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel and the Author, and others] Reference
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