Common and Rough

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Common adjective - Lacking in refinement or good taste.

Usage example: embarrassed by the common manners of his new in-laws

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Rough is a synonym for common in crude topic. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Common", when it comes to topics like uncouth.

Rough adjective - Lacking in refinement or good taste.

Usage example: he learned polite words to replace the rough language he had known in the slums

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Common is a synonym for rough in crude topic. Sometimes you can use "Common" instead an adjective "Rough".

little	little common	little rough
pretty	pretty common	pretty rough

The gesture is done to and from people of both sexes, and can be gentle or rough, though the rough version is most common among boys and their dads/older brothers (or substitute father-figures).

Source: Affectionate Gesture to the Head
It's almost a Running Gag in the show for people to go to Granny's for a drink after a rough day... which for people like Emma and Mary Margaret, becomes distressingly common.

Source: I Need a Freaking Drink
Blood Sport: Aeroball is quite a rough game, with fatalities fairly common, as it expected where jetpacks are involved.

Source: Comic Book / Harlem Heroes

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