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What does profanity mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
  2. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
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Whenever I use profanity in my posts, the language in the comments inevitably becomes coarser.
The atmosphere of the billiard room, it was suggested in South Shields, was also conducive to profanity and bad language.
We need not offer any apologies for that just because the forces of profanity seem to be powerful.
No previous knowledge is required, although familiarity with the glottal stop and tolerance of torrential profanity is a necessity.
A cacophony of pounding engines, honking of horns, screeching of brakes and Spanish profanity encompasses me, surround-sound style.
Mercedes was taken back by the sudden change of emotion on Jake's face and his abrupt outburst of profanity.

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