All 7 Uses of
vulgar
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- He was the guy who created the Youth International Party, the "Yippies"; he was very active in antiwar protests, while at the same time he conceived of a meaningful revolution as roughly anything that conveyed irreverence with comedy and vulgarity "WHO DOES THIS JERK THINK HE'S HELPING?"†
p. 96.5vulgarity = bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- Mrs. Walker being vulgar!†
p. 102.8vulgar = of bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- At the moment, despite her dislike of vulgar language, Grandmother appeared almost charmed by Owen Meany.†
p. 200.1 *
- There was even some scattered applause, which Grandmother quieted with a well-aimed glower; respect, in the form of awe—preferably, silent awe—was something she courted, but hand-clapping was, under the circumstances, vulgar.†
p. 239.4
- With boys, Caroline O'Day was as aggressive as a Corvette, and Maureen Early enjoyed her company because Mr. Early thought the O'Days were vulgar.†
p. 243.5
- Other boys displayed kissing techniques in lobbies, risked "copping a feel" in coat rooms, defied the chaperones' quick censure of anything as vulgar as sticking a tongue in a girl's ear.†
p. 298.8
- Here is the scene I read to Owen Meany: " 'Do you mean to say,' Mrs. Satterthwaite said, 'that Sylvia would do anything vulgar?'†
p. 499.2
Definition:
of bad taste -- often crude or offensive
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste