Vŭlʹgar-ism, n.
n. [Fr. vulgarisme].
- Grossness of manners; vulgarity. “The vulgarism of ordinary life in any country.” Reynolds.
- A vulgar phrase or expression.
A fastidious taste will find offense in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call “slang,” which not a few of our writers seem to have affected. Coleridge.