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  • adjective Not vulgar.

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non- +‎ vulgar

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Examples

  • But there is no question that the phrase is a lexical unit worthy of definition: it is the only widely accepted, nonvulgar way to refer to the act essential to many forms of life, and it is fair to say that among humans there is more interest in it, more is written about it and still more imagined about it than any other subject.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 1 1974

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