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- adjective Inclined to
swear ; characterised bybad language .
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Examples
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Julian H has nominated what he describes as a sweary rant entitled "Lansbury again, and the fallacy of Wenger 'ruining English talent'".
Archive 2009-06-01 Mark Reckons 2009
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Julian H has nominated what he describes as a sweary rant entitled "Lansbury again, and the fallacy of Wenger 'ruining English talent'".
Classic blog posts for Martin Bright of The Spectator Mark Reckons 2009
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Just a quick word to remind all who like to comment here that this is not a "sweary" blog and there should be enough words in the English language to convey opinion without resulting to vulgarity!
Archive 2009-08-05 2009
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She sensed that there were bigger things than a "sweary" sentence in the forefront of her buckaroo's mind.
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I know there 's about forty verses, and some of them are kind of sweary ones; but go ahead and sing it.
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But, with swift, shamed skipping of certain lines and some hasty revisions, he actually did sing thirty, and Billy Louise was so engrossed that she forgot to count them and never suspected the omissions; for some of the verses were quite "sweary" enough to account for his hesitation.
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She sensed that there were bigger things than a "sweary" sentence in the forefront of her buckaroo's mind.
The Ranch at the Wolverine B. M. Bower 1905
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I know there's about forty verses, and some of them are kind of sweary ones; but go ahead and sing it.
The Ranch at the Wolverine B. M. Bower 1905
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They could achieve the same tick in the same box by bravely responding to the more serious crime of a slightly sweary text-message and dishing out a PND/FPN.
I’ll Do Anything Me. For Now That Is. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Surely, the reason for the mass of coverage of the incident with the woman is, “Large, armour-protected and armed man biffs small, slight lady in the fizzer for, essentially, being a bit sweary.”
Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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