"bad language" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bad language (uncountable)
  1. Profanity. Tags: uncountable Translations (profanity): gros mots (French), αθυροστομία (athyrostomía) [feminine] (Greek), droch-chaint [feminine] (Irish), drochtheanga [feminine] (Irish), caaynt gharroo [feminine] (Manx), drogh chaaynt [feminine] (Manx), glare-vroghe [feminine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-bad_language-en-noun-cqg3IH1t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37",
          "text": "Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by \"dirty words\". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – \"profanity\", \"curses\", \"oaths\" and \"swearing\" itself.",
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      "tags": [
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