bad language

English

Noun

bad language (uncountable)

1. Profanity.
   • 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:

     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.

Translations

profanity

• French: gros mots (fr)
• Greek: αθυροστομία (el) f (athyrostomía)
• Irish: droch-chaint f, drochtheanga f
• Manx: caaynt gharroo f, drogh chaaynt f, glare-vroghe f

References

• “bad language”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.