Bad language
Offense and bad language are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offense" instead a noun phrase "Bad language".
Offense
Offense noun - A breaking of a moral or legal code.
Bad language and offense are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad language" instead a noun "Offense".
Both terms in one sentence
- The Bazura Project's episode on bad language in cinema has a segment where the white male hosts are dismissive of a woman's complaints about gendered insults (bitch, slut, etc) in films, but take offense at a woman calling a man a "jerk".
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