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Meaning of bad language | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Profanity.

uncountable

Equivalents

Ελληνικά αθυροστομία

Français gros mots

Examples

“Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

bad leaver bad light bad looker bad loser bad lot bad luck