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   What is the etymology of vulgar?

   • late 14c., "common, ordinary," from Latin vulgaris, volgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar, low, mean," from vulgus, volgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," for which de Vaan offers no further etymology.

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   How many meanings does the noun vulgar have?

   • There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun vulgar, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun vulgar? How is the noun vulgar pronounced? Where does the noun vulgar come from? Etymons:

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   Where did swear words come from?

   • “You get swear words from the cultural preoccupations of the time,” says Melissa Mohr, author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing. “One of the key Roman preoccupations was, ‘What does it mean to be a man?’

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   Are swear words a bad word in the Middle Ages?

   • “Most of the bad words were around in the Middle Ages, they just weren’t swear words,” says Mohr. These swears, often sexual or scatological in nature, reached their peak offensiveness during the Victorian era. This is when profanities largely vanished from print and speech, and polite euphemisms took their place.

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2. www.etymonline.com › word › vulgarvulgar | Etymology of vulgar by etymonline

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   Jun 8, 2023 · vulgar. (adj.) late 14c., "common, ordinary," from Latin vulgaris, volgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar, low, mean," from vulgus, volgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," for which de Vaan offers no further etymology.

   • 한국어 (Korean)

     vulgar 뜻: 저속한; 14세기 후반, "보통의, 평범한"은 라틴어 vulgaris, volgaris...

   • Español (Spanish)

     En el siglo XV, divulgen, "hacer público, enviar o...

   • Italiano (Italian)

     Significato di vulgar: volgare; La parola "vulgaris" è stata...

   • Vulgarian

     Chaucer uses peplish for "vulgar, common, plebeian" (late...

3. mashable.com › article › origin-of-swear-wordsThe surprising origins of your f*cking favorite swear words

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   Aug 15, 2023 · Old English words such as scite (dung), scitte (diarrhea), and scitan (to defecate), all rooted in the Proto-Germanic skit-, evolved into Middle English schitte (excrement) and shiten (to...

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   Jun 14, 2023 · The History of Swear Words. Simply put, swearing is taboo language: particular words that certain people deem unacceptable in specific settings within a given culture. “The words that come to fill that role come from certain places in the human experience,” says Benjamin Bergen, a linguist and cognitive scientist at the University of ...

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5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › vulgarVulgar Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Middle English, from Latin vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, common people First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

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   Sources and etymology. Different languages and cultures construct swear words and phrases from violations of different social taboos, and many names for offensive language derive from the source topic.

7. www.oed.com › dictionary › vulgar_nvulgar, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   /ˈvʌlɡə/ VUL-guh. U.S. English. /ˈvəlɡər/ VUL-guhr. See pronunciation. Where does the noun vulgar come from? Earliest known use. Middle English. Etymons: See etymology. Nearby entries. vulcanized, adj. 1845–.

8. www.salon.com › 2013/05/11 › the_modern_history_ofThe modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words ...

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   May 11, 2013 · Bitch can now be applied to men and women, as can cunt. In the 19th century shit as a noun was reserved exclusively for men — the "West Somerset Word-Book" defines it as “a term of contempt ...