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profanity - use in sentences
Converse of object
- contain: RULES: Your fixture comments should not contain profanity, racist material or other abusive language.
- use: Please do not use profanity or sexually explicit language in The Blue Room or in Private Messages.
- utter: And Thomas utters not a profanity, ' My Lord and my God!
- scream: Or maybe I just wanted to sit in the dark with a microphone stuck to my head, screaming profanity at kids.
Adjective modifier
- such: Messages posted recently have been highly inappropriate and the Club will not abide such profanity on its site.
- undue: In particular, the use of swear words or undue profanity is discouraged.
- mild: There was also something wonderfully refreshing in having characters swear when they're in trouble, rather than using pathetically tame, mild profanity.
- much: He pointed out John Lydon's much celebrated profanity initially slipped out by mistake.
Modifies a noun
- filter: I've just discovered that their email system has a profanity filter which protects their staff from receiving mail containing any vulgar words.
- delay: Q: Why is it better than using a conventional profanity delay?
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