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  • noun Plural form of profanity.

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Examples

  • When I saw the headline on this post, I thought you were going to complain about the loud, incessant profanities from the players, which is what sticks in my mind from watching the Bulls.

    Billings Bull*!@& David 2007

  • The pitcher stared down Pat Burrell after a called third strike to end the first, and Burrell jawed at Halladay while sprinkling in profanities.

    Phillies Extend NLCS With Game 5 Victory, Giants Lead 3-2 AP 2010

  • In short, I have to thanks Verizon to enhance my six year old vocabulary with all kind of profanities and to have friendly customer support computer that seem to enjoy making telephone pranks.

    Verizon FiOS Customer Service Thinks You, A Human, Are Voicemail - The Consumerist 2009

  • If you go over the 120 comments posted so far to this thread, they all keep reasonably close to the topic, and I can’t recall profanities used in any comments on this thread.

    A brief look at two comments on one ID-creo site - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Offensive language, such as profanities and expletives; sexually explicit or pornographic material; hate speech; defamatory, abusive, threatening or harassing speech; or racial, religious or personal attacks of any kind

    Home | The New York Observer 2009

  • Offensive language, such as profanities and expletives; sexually explicit or pornographic material; hate speech; defamatory, abusive, threatening or harassing speech; or racial, religious or personal attacks of any kind

    Home | The New York Observer 2009

  • Offensive language, such as profanities and expletives; sexually explicit or pornographic material; hate speech; defamatory, abusive, threatening or harassing speech; or racial, religious or personal attacks of any kind

    Home | The New York Observer 2009

  • Offensive language, such as profanities and expletives; sexually explicit or pornographic material; hate speech; defamatory, abusive, threatening or harassing speech; or racial, religious or personal attacks of any kind

    Home | The New York Observer 2009

  • Offensive language, such as profanities and expletives; sexually explicit or pornographic material; hate speech; defamatory, abusive, threatening or harassing speech; or racial, religious or personal attacks of any kind

    Home | The New York Observer 2009

  • The reeducation aspect stems from the fact that the children are taught that words like "home" and "parents" are filthy profanities that must never be spoken.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

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