Profanity and Swear

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Profanity noun - A disrespectful or indecent word or expression.

Usage example: a rap song that is filled with profanities

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Swear and profanity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swear" instead the word "Profanity" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: profane, profanation, profanely

Swear noun - A disrespectful or indecent word or expression.

Usage example: can't you express your frustration without using swears?

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Profanity and swear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Profanity" instead a noun "Swear".

Nearby Words: swearing, swearer

Cluster F-Bomb: EELST have no problems with profanity and swear words, but it gets particularly dense in "Bis", even if it's not an "angry" song.

Source: Music / Elio e le Storie Tese
He doesn't swear that much, but he's the only character that actually uses profanity, at least in the English-language localization anyway.

Source: Sir Swears-a-Lot
Cluster F-Bomb: Tiffany is the only one with any kind of aversion to profanity and doesn't swear at all, while everyone else swears a lot and thinks nothing of it.

Source: Literature / Humane Tyranny

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