Both Uses of
vulgar
in
Do You Speak American?
- ...I think there ought to be some kind of public...protest against vulgarity, against bad usage, against bad manners, against the uneducated dictating to i:he educated.†
Chpt 1 *vulgarity = bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- Later, however, the commission overturned that decision, and launched a drive— backed by Congress with heavy fines—to cleanse the airwaves of vulgarity.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
of bad taste -- often crude or offensive
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste