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obscenity

uhb se ni tee

  • n  the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
  • n  an offensive or indecent word or phrase
  • n  an obscene act

  • When fired for obscenity I was in the middle of a five-part series on knitting.
  • Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.
  • Yes, it would probably still be an obscenity.
Quotes

  • George Carlin in TIME
    The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things - bad language and whatever - it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition,Carlin told the AP in a 2004 interview. "There's an...
  • Soli Sorabjee in Guardian Unlimited
    The order is ridiculous. Even if this hugging and kissing was a bit vulgar, it does not amount to obscenity,India's former attorney general Soli Sorabjee told The Associated Press.
  • Benjamin Chavis in New York Press
    Simmons and Benjamin Chavis, co-chairmen of the advocacy group Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, said in a statement, "These three words should be considered with the same objections to obscenity as extreme curse words."

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