Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The condition or quality of being profane.
- n. Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language.
- n. The use of such language.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Profaneness; the quality of being profane.
- n. That which is profane; profane language or conduct.
- n. Synonyms Blasphemy, Profanity. See blasphemy.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
- n. That which is profane; profane language or acts.
WordNet 3.0
- n. vulgar or irreverent speech or action
Etymologies
- profane + -ity (Wiktionary)
Examples
“For example, if you want to make sure that your posts and comments contain no profanity, you might define a global variable with a list of forbidden words, and then create the following PHP function: function filter_profanity ($content) {global $profanities; foreach ($profanities as $profanity) {”
“And the profanity is a method of “ridicule” designed to demonstrate you are so vile and pathetic you are unworthy of common decency.”
“The FCC's expansion of its jurisdiction to cover what it defines as profanity puts that assumption under a great deal of strain.”
“The only context in which "profanity" is considered out-of-bounds on this blog is that of abusive bigotry, dig?”
“The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the lawsuits earlier, argues that the right to use profanity is protected by the U.S. Constitution.”
“All the inuendo, sexual references and “clean” profanity is an attempt by the weirdos in california to corrupt our kids.”
“LYDEN: With Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind gangster epics such as "Good Fellas," "Casino" and "The Departed," blood and profanity is perhaps no surprise.”
“Psychology or Family Studies courses, although the profanity is considerable.”
“At least he's leveling profanity where profanity is due.”
“I understand that profanity is a part of the real world.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘profanity’.
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Words starting with PRO
I've noticed many, many words start with PRO and this is just a collection of them.
professional, pronunciation, Prolagus, probable, prog, proximity, profit, procrastincate, prom, pronoun, promise, proactive and 206 more...
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Unwording
Outlawed words and books, like this.
samizdat, satanic verses, profanity, oriental, antilanguage, biddy, aviatrix, squaw, deaf-mute, border patrolman, cassandra, niggardly and 45 more...
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Words To Use In Creative Writing
hag-ridden, light-heeled, wendigo, longshanks, fatuous, insipid, sodden, bulging, sycophantic, uncourtly, gauche, assuasive and 102 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
Writing
immunity, reaching, ingenuity, divinity, affinity, kaleidoscopes, statistics, hope, pictures, linguistics, magenta, mist and 222 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Why We Curse: WTF?
This list collects the magnificent collection of vocabulary of the article "What the F***? Why We Curse," by Steven Pinker, in The New Republic (Oct. 2007). I think I'm more impressed with the coll...
curse, language, earthy, ancient, unthinkable, thinkable, emotional, rhyme, meter, alliteration, pleasure, metaphor and 196 more...
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nominative case collection
wine stopper, pyre, roster, hamper, moleskin, elastic, pinnacle, facsimile, nook, plonk, contortionist, dismay and 342 more...
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The New Yorker
prejudice, ignominious, quintessence, disparity, vanguard, repudiated, eclectic, dredge, taxonomy, pugnacious, surreptitiously, pudgy and 113 more...
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My Words
Words that I use regularly and consider mine.
zen, poser, savvy, angst, flustered, bitter, whatsoever, farfetched, indeed, scenario, inevitable, salvage and 134 more...
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breeze debris
autodidact, hollographic, neurotheology, pensive, grapple, nondual, integral, phantasmagoria, burnished, capacious, ginger, astral and 120 more...
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Units Of Language
Word:
-a unit of language consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.sulk, promenade, skulk, idle, subsequently, moody, paroxysm, felony, anent, generic, hallucinogen, synaesthesia and 215 more...
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Favourites
wither, pallid, evanescent, enamour, discovery, smoky, tempest, pantheon, fatuous, revenant, aquatic, escapist and 92 more...
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MY LIST
ABHOR, BIGOT, KINDLE, NOXIOUS, BILK, NUANCE, ENGENDER, BILLOWING, COWER, HARANGUE, REPLETE, ABROGATE and 518 more...
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Stuffie: Go Long
Stuffie #1. Stuff you throw.
ball, paper airplane, party, hissy-fit, up, gauntlet, snowball, card, suggestion, pillow, rug, voice and 33 more...
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random words
sedulous, nocturne, scooch, Hansel and Gretel, hurdle, appendage, quoin, pretentious, effigy, profanity, lullaby
Tweets
Looking for tweets for profanity.
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