vulgarism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
    obscenity; smut; filth; dirty word.
  2. noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
    coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarity; grossness.

WordNet

Vul"gar*ism noun
Etymology
Cf. F. vulgarisme.
Definitions
  1. Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
  2. 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.

Webster 1913