| 单词 | vulgarism |
| 例句 | “She also brings to mind the vulgarism ‘knockers.’” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, she said, she overheard a patron use a vulgarism to say that there were too many black students in the museum. After Racism Claims, Boston Museum Creates Diversity Fund 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z But the Online Etymology Dictionary insists that the Yiddish vulgarism actually comes from the Old Polish “smok,” meaning “grass snake” or “dragon.” Jay Roach?s ?Dinner for Schmucks? and All Its Meshugas 2010-05-03T21:51:00Z No, not too much because Israel,” he said, using a vulgarism, is difficult. ArtsBeat: Lars von Trier Kicks Ups a Cannes Controvery 2011-05-18T17:28:08Z Trump huffily called Tlaib’s vulgarism “disgraceful” and “highly disrespectful to the United States of America.” Opinion | Boogie Down, Bronx Girl 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z He also mouthed a coarse vulgarism at a recent New Hampshire rally, then complained when reporters wrote that he had uttered the word aloud. With a Slur for Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Further Splits Voters 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z “The thing is coming,” he shouted, inserting a Spanish vulgarism for emphasis. Muscular West Coast Worker Is on Way to Build New Tappan Zee 2014-01-28T02:06:11Z "There are many TV stations that turn to vulgarisms and broadcast immoral programs, which are counter to national interests and Islamic values," the Council of Ministers cited the clerics as telling Karzai. Afghanistan's Karzai backs clerics' demand for media crackdown 2013-04-24T08:14:55Z Mr. Romney, 65, has spent four decades inside the corridors of high finance and state politics, where indecorous diction and vulgarisms abound. Romney’s Throwback Language, His Mittisms 2012-10-21T05:37:18Z Well, the Games brought a large wave of vulgarism to Hyde Park for the men's triathlon on Tuesday and I was happy to be part of it. Olympics diary: triathlon, history and home 2012-08-08T12:56:29Z Formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Grammatical inaccuracies and vulgarisms are never allowable among educated people, whether in speaking or writing; nor is defective spelling excusable. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z News reports said that Mr. Christie felt a need to ridicule Mr. Bloomberg, describing him in private with words like “Napoleon” and “dicator” and with a Yiddish vulgarism. City Room: After Giants vs. Patriots, It Could Be Christie vs. Bloomberg 2012-01-23T14:33:38Z In Scotland, though the English may regard it as a vulgarism, I have heard the word used in this form. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z In all British balladry, if memory serves me, there is no such vulgarism as this. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z It is, perhaps, scarcely necessary to say that it has no sort of connection with the modern music-hall vulgarism, “Get your hair cut!” The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z All misnomers of this kind savor of under-breeding—they are vulgarisms, in short, unsanctioned either by taste or fashion. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z “Dreck” is often used to mean “junk”; it is, in fact, a vulgarism for excrement. City Room: Romney, Bachmann and the Oys of Yiddish 2011-10-20T12:22:03Z This name was not a Yankee vulgarism, but a well-known old English term. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z They are also called “bivalves” bi the unlearned, but this iz a vulgarism. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z "Scenes," except when sentimental and en t�te-�-t�te, were a vulgarism to be eschewed by refined people. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z I see; not worldly enough for boarding-school vulgarisms; but I, who am naughty enough to remember them now and then, will explain that there is nothing very terrible in a 'good catch.' Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z This is a condescension to a learned vulgarism, which so excellent a poet as Mr Keats ought not to have made. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z It is amusing to detect what we call vulgarisms composing the language of Chaucer and Shakspeare, and even our Bibles and Liturgies. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Never commit the vulgarism of speaking when you have any food in your mouth. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z His hobby was horses bred in the purple, but there was an utter absence of horsey vulgarism about him, his very presence irradiating breeding and culture. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z To use a very expressive vulgarism one often hears at home, I began to fear that I "had run up against a snag." By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z And by uttering the ultimate vulgarism, Bertie begins to understand that a volley of obscenity can blow away the cobwebs of euphemism and misdirection that have accumulated around the royal rhetoric he's been schooled in. The Family-Friendly Version of The King's Speech: No F-Words Allowed 2011-04-04T15:50:00Z This is a condescension to a learned vulgarism, which so excellent a poet as Mr. Keats ought not to have made. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z And I have left vulgarisms in the mouths of vulgar people. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z There never has been a time, at least in late years, when there have not been some two or three cant vulgarisms in vogue among all the blackguards of the country. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Mr. Hallam pronounced it "the first example of good English--pure and perspicuous, well chosen, without vulgarisms or pedantry." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z I had my first good look at the medium before the proceedings began; a fattish, fluffy woman with large eyes, pale-haired and slow-moving, whose voluble trivialities of conversation and dress exaggerated both vulgarism and convention. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Dickens, moreover, despite his vulgarisms, despite even the cant into which he occasionally falls, had a depth of sincerity and conviction that can hardly be asserted for Bret Harte. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z When asked about the mayor in a closed meeting with Russian newspaper editors this summer, Mr. Medvedev shocked attendees by referring to the mayor with a vulgarism, a person at the meeting said. Moscow Mayor Pokes Kremlin. (Cue Hornets.) 2010-09-24T02:20:00Z "A vulgarism not altogether unbefitting," said the Professor, stumbling along in the dark. A Yankee from the West A Novel In fact, to use a vulgarism very expressive of the man, "he took on" immensely. One Of Them The corrupt use of the word, as above mentioned, is laid down as a vulgarism. Every-Day Errors of Speech Moreover, he offends your ear by a shocking disregard of grammar, and vulgarisms of pronunciation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 To yank is a vulgarism, meaning to twitch powerfully. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected "Sure!" said Raven, relapsing into a vulgarism likely to set her teeth on edge and possibly, in the spasm of it, close them momentarily on reminiscence. Old Crow The Century Dictionary speaks disrespectfully of it as a "United States vulgarism," but personally I consider it a first-class word. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations Many of the most cultivated people are guilty of this vulgarism. Every-Day Errors of Speech Not in good literary use for many or much.Might of.A vulgarism for might have.Most.Do not use for almost. The Century Handbook of Writing The word right used, as here, in the sense of very is now considered a vulgarism. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer To employ a vulgarism of the hour, it had the punch. The Paliser case "I believe you, my boy!" said Leslie, quoting an expressive vulgarism which Orpheus C. Kerr had just been making so extensively popular. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 The latest editor of the poets has, with singularly bad taste, noted some of the author’s most nervous and expressive phrases as vulgarisms, among which he reckons that of friendship, the “solder of society.” Leading Articles on Various Subjects A vulgarism is an expression decidedly incorrect, and the use of which is a mark of ignorance or low breeding. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The Californians have fortunately retained many of their beautiful Spanish names, instead of changing them into Anglo-Saxon vulgarisms. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina He has unconsciously rejected vulgarisms and shallow conceits; but all the deeper thoughts, the poetry of life, which appeal to the soul, he has made his own.’ Australian Writers Miss Emily fancied that the whole ought to be said while the subject was under discussion, and, to use a vulgarism, she "put her foot in it." Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 In the vulgarism betterer for better, and in the antiquated forms worser for worse, and lesser for less, we have, in the case of the comparatives, as elsewhere, an excess of expression. A Handbook of the English Language There is no stealing, lying, cheating, swearing, drunkenness, fightings, backbitings, vulgarisms, unholy revelries, etc. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity When a person says “I hain’t got none,” he has reached about the acme of vulgarisms, the language of the illiterate. English: Composition and Literature To grab.—A very popular writer has lately rightly denounced the use of this word as a vulgarism. Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. To use a vulgarism, he has an extremely "level head." Village Improvements and Farm Villages Louis XIV. had the glory, such as it was, of its resuscitation; but his taste was merely that of an over-wealthy display, which not unfrequently lapses into positive vulgarisms. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture I remember reading some critique, in which Lady Macbeth was styled the "Scottish queen;" and methought the title, as applied to her sounded like a vulgarism. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical This is the language of the illiterate, and it should be avoided; for vulgarisms are not reputable. English: Composition and Literature Still it must be admitted that all vulgarisms, as far as practicable, should be indignantly spurned from our noble English language—a language unequalled for excellence in fluency, capacity, and strength. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. To use a vulgarism, he did not open his mouth so wide as the other, but at once offered me a through ticket to Liverpool for $72. A Tramp's Notebook Any one who is aware how many of what are called 'vulgarisms' in pronunciation are in fact 'archaisms,' will naturally think that the ancient pronunciation of 'spoil,' like the modern vulgar one, was 'spile.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 Volume 18, New Series, October 23, 1852 Pope and his coterie closed the door on lyrical poets like Thomas Campion, and in their hearts they, like Voltaire, rather despised Shakespeare for his vulgarisms. Confessions of a Book-Lover Most decidedly, most one-sidedly, if I may use the vulgarism, I see—e—e! The Lost Girl The old term for bayonet, and not a vulgarism. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. To this he consents; less with a view to the convenience of the last, than because his sensitive nature recoils from the vulgarism of the first. The Death Shot A Story Retold We correct it in those passages where the occurrence of a vulgarism would be likely to annoy the reader. The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] The use of such words is another form of vulgarism. Practical Grammar and Composition This abbreviation for the word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. But all this only adds to the unholy joy with which I realise that the very title of one of his best books was a vulgarism. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Again words that arise as mere popular witticisms or vulgarisms may be brought into the language as permanent acquisitions. Human Traits and their Social Significance We care little for the old-fashioned whimsicality of the Odes, and little for such an inimitable farrago of vulgarisms, such a reductio ad absurdum of sentiment and style, as p. 168The Lost Child. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Slang is a form of vulgarism that is very prevalent in its use even by educated people. Practical Grammar and Composition Of all vulgarisms, this is, perhaps, the most offensive. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. It is a most trumpery performance, and stuffed with all his crabbed phrases and vulgarisms, and much trash as anecdotes.’—Letters, vol. viii., p. Obiter Dicta Second Series In her agitation Miss Ambient was guilty of this vulgarism of speech, and I was so impressed by her narrative that it was only in recalling her words later that I noticed the lapse. The Author Of Beltraffio Hallam calls it “the first example of good English—pure and perspicuous, well chosen, without vulgarisms, and without pedantry.” A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Obsolete words would be permissible in poetry or in historical Page 188 novels, technical words permissible in technical writing, and even vulgarisms and provincialisms permissible in dialect stories. Practical Grammar and Composition This is a vulgarism of the worst description, yet we hear people, who would be highly indignant if any one should intimate that they were not ladies and gentlemen, say, "He had ought to go." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. She brought out the little vulgarism with a faint curl of her lovely lip. Play the Game! Nor is it merely probable that such a barbarizing process, such an adopting and sanctioning of a vulgarism, might take place, but among phonographers it already has taken place. English Past and Present Porter pronounced the term with an inflection of disgust, as though it were a vulgarism no gentleman would use. Ten From Infinity I spoke gravely, for I was really vexed that any one whom I esteemed as much as I did Richard, should adopt the vulgarisms he once despised. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Macaulay says: "Mutual friend is a low vulgarism for common friend." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Also, do not say, “He was too previous”——it is a pure vulgarism. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric A spiritualist might well believe that the emperor's ghost was forced to haunt the island, and to expiate his old atrocities by gazing on these modern vulgarisms. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series No English writer of such literary genius slips so often into vulgarisms, solecisms, archaisms, and mere slip-shod gossip. Studies in Early Victorian Literature It will be observed that there is no vulgarity in this vulgarism: indeed, the gentlemanly good humour of the poem is uninterrupted. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Few vulgarisms are more common than the use of and for to. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. In conversation, one must scrupulously guard against vulgarisms. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society The expression, "tipping the hat," is a vulgarism. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of the covenant.—Carlyle. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age She was watching her pupil, storing up in her memory the mispronunciations and vulgarisms for later insinuative improvement. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Here is a gross vulgarism which we sometimes hear from persons of considerable culture. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. "Not so much disappointed, sir, as, if I may utilise a vulgarism, struck of all a heap, sir." The Summons But to the jaded and unquickened eye it is all dead and common, pure vulgarism, flatness, and disgust. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals Young men are no longer led to look upon every girl that they meet as furtively, to use a vulgarism, "setting her cap for him," and only too ready to fling herself at his feet. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis In the first place, learn to speak as correctly as you can; lay aside the vulgarisms of conversation peculiar to the common people; and speak precisely as you would write. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Het for heated is a similar, but much greater, vulgarism. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. It is not yet common, but such vulgarisms are apt to climb. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin By the excessive vulgarisms so plentiful in these volumes, one might suppose the writer had never stirred out of the parish of St. Giles. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings Even then I remonstrated against its vulgarisms; which are the more extraordinary, because the author is any thing but a vulgar man. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals He exchanges his soul for a pass into the demi-monde; and year by year sees him further sunk into depths of vulgarism. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 This word, though found in the dictionaries, is a vulgarism, and as such is to be avoided. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. His verses are too good to be spoiled by what began as a vulgarism. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin He eschews many vulgarisms or inaccuracies which custom has sanctioned, both in prose and verse, such as, "thou wert;" "better than them all;" "he need not;" "he dare not." A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Slavic popular poetry in general has none of the vulgarisms, which, in many cases, deface the popular ballads of the Teutonic nations. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations I do not care to report such things—it verges on vulgarism; but I will tell you a word or two that came from the maimed man. A Dream of the North Sea Good usage does, and it is to be hoped always will, consider you was a gross vulgarism, certain grammarians to the contrary notwithstanding. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. I have rewritten most of them, and in doing so have adopted the traditional English style of folk-telling, with its "Wells" and "Lawkamercy" and archaic touches, which are known nowadays as vulgarisms. More English Fairy Tales At each of his atrocious vulgarisms many of the Page 53 Peers laughed, and this laugh naturally encouraged him. France in the Nineteenth Century Instead of putting cologne water on the handkerchief, which has come to be considered a vulgarism among ladies of correct tastes, the perfume is spent on the eyebrows and lobes of the ears. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Ill as an adverb was at first a vulgarism, precisely like the rustic's when he says, 'I was treated bad.' The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Few vulgarisms are equally offensive, and none could be more so. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. To the ancient grammarians the "mistakes" and vulgarisms of popular speech were abhorrent, and they have fortunately branded lists of words and expressions which are not to be used by cultivated people. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Grammatical mistakes easy of correction are not seldom met with but pure vulgarisms occur only in a few copies like that of Berlin. Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I Nevertheless, as inaccuracies, laxities, vulgarisms—transgressions more or less superficial—such errors take from the correctness, from the efficacy, from the force as well as the grace, of written or spoken speech. Essays Æsthetical I once thought 'different to' a modern vulgarism, and Mr. Thackeray, on my pointing it out to him in 'Henry Esmond,' confessed it to be an anachronism. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell It is desirable also to caution them against adopting the too prevalent vulgarism of calling each other, or indeed any person whatever, merely by the initial letter of their surname. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Redundant Pronouns.—A vulgarism not often seen in writing, but common in conversation, consists in the use of an unnecessary pronoun after the subject of a sentence. Practical Exercises in English She did respect him in spite of his vulgarism; nor was she unconscious of the position which, as his wife, she held. Ethelyn's Mistake A vulgarism, which, by its seeming convenience, gets the countenance of critical writers. Essays Æsthetical These, of course, are universal vulgarisms, and not peculiar to the Yankee. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell He is wrong also in thinking that he was restoring a characteristic vulgarism in aleven. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 The use of plenty as an adverb, as "The food is plenty good enough," is a vulgarism. Practical Exercises in English Her vulgarisms of speech and feeling jarred upon me. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories We should not have noticed this squat vulgarism, had not the pen blazoned its own depravity by lifting it out of newspapers into bound volumes. Essays Æsthetical This word which now passes for a mere vulgarism, is the original Saxon form, and used by Chaucer and others. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 The chief objection which we have to make against Mr. White's text is, that he has perversely allowed it to continue disfigured by vulgarisms of grammar and spelling. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Its misuse for the adverbs really and very, as, "This is real pretty," is a vulgarism. Practical Exercises in English The translators have overcome the difficulties of slang with great skill, rendering by equivalent vulgarisms which give the spirit where the letter would be unintelligible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 The scholar who should use this vilest of vulgarisms deserves to have his right thumb taken off. Essays Æsthetical Visions of good and ill breeding, of old vulgarisms and new gentilities, were before her; and she was meditating much upon silver forks, napkins, and finger-glasses. Mansfield Park This romantic story was the origin of several old English ballads, one of which celebrates the Saracen lady by the extraordinary title of Susy Pye, perhaps a vulgarism of her original Eastern name. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Conversation and Good Use.—Good use cannot be determined solely by observing the conversation of our associates; for the chances are that they use many local expressions, some slang, and possibly some vulgarisms. Practical Exercises in English That contained many words which were rather vulgarisms than provincialisms, and more properly English than American. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 In the last age, Lord Chesterfield set the mark of the beast, as he called it, on certain vulgarisms in pronunciation, which he succeeded in banishing from good company. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 The steam plow suited to the genius of our people, must, to use a vulgarism, "get up and go." Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. They are written in iambic senarii, in the fluent and studiously simple Latin of an earlier period, not without occasional vulgarisms, but with a total absence of the turgid rhetoric which was coming into fashion. Latin Literature That is hardly a fair question, Miss;" no reproof could break Jason of this vulgarism, "since it might make enemies for a body to speak all of his mind in such matters. Satanstoe However this may be, it is simply an archaism, not a vulgarism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Certain little defects in his manners, and some habitual vulgarisms in his conversation, exposed him also to the derision of his well-bred neighbours. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 It is not a little interesting to see the most stately of poets reproached for his use of vulgarisms and low words. Among My Books Second Series "Says she to me," and other vulgarisms of a like type, are also a gross violation of good taste in conversation. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. And if he picked up from the English stable hands vulgarisms and debased vowel sounds, Ben Flint had the genius to compel their rejection. The Mountebank Vocabularies of vulgarisms are of interest for the archaisms both of language and pronunciation which we find in them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 To understand this poem requires a knowledge of the vulgarisms and idioms which are frequently introduced in it. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities One meets a class of young men who ridicule the old times and the old ways without having been able to elevate themselves above the vulgarism of imitation and the commonplaces of shallow scepticism. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series A card with a photograph portrait upon it, though to a certain extent fashionable, is a vulgarism that can never obtain general favor. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. When they are used, as sometimes happens, heedlessly and helplessly, by writers who are dealing with beautiful and expressive things, they become jarring vulgarisms which set the teeth on edge. Impressions and Comments Contrast with the case of "scientist" a vulgarism such as the use of "transpire" in the sense of "happen." America To-day, Observations and Reflections And how could you," resumed Dr. Herman majestically, turning to some other criminal alumnus,—"how could you presume to dranslate de Ares of Homer, sir, by the audacious vulgarism Mars?—Ares, The Caxtons — Complete And how could you," resumed Dr. Herman majestically, turning to some other criminal alumnus,—"how could you presume to dranslate de Ares of Homer, sir, by the audacious vulgarism Mars?—- The Caxtons — Volume 02 I have, however, left a few vulgarisms in the mouths of vulgar people. English Fairy Tales Modern attempts to produce finished pictures on glass result from the same base vulgarism. The Two Paths For instance, the use of "most" for "almost" is distinctly, if not a vulgarism, at least a colloquialism. America To-day, Observations and Reflections And remember one thing, George: whatever she says to you, you must take, to use a vulgarism, with a grain of salt. Light O' the Morning Think of the vulgarism "flare up;" let it be "burns." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 In an age of colloquial idioms, when to write in a loose slang had become a mark of loyalty, this is the only L'Estrange vulgarism I have met with in Leighton. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. In truth, the epithet "handsome" seems almost a vulgarism as applied to a creature so superb, so utterly and transcendently splendid. A Florida Sketch-Book At the same time, as "somewheres" has become irremediably a vulgarism in England, it would, I think, be a graceful concession on the part of educated Americans to drop the "s." America To-day, Observations and Reflections Don’t think that I’m going to invoke considerations of gratitude; no, I’m not going to waste my time in stupid vulgarisms. The Reign of Greed What is that strange word?" said the cardinal; "it must be a vulgarism of New Italy, that 'impossible.' The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert The term is what we may call a vulgarism—you perceive that, do you not?—likewise 'in our midst,' which is not accurate, of course, and which would be indelicate if it were. The Boss of Little Arcady R. It startles one sometimes to hear American vulgarisms uttered in his harmonious tones. The Hawaiian Archipelago "Says I" is a vulgarism; don't use it. How to Speak and Write Correctly I have my own suspicions that that big Australian was trying, if I may be pardoned a vulgarism, "to put the wind up us." Here, There and Everywhere He is much more intellectual than either, uses a more elevated language, not disfigured by vulgarisms, and is not liable to the low passion for plunder as they are. Biographical Essays The above and similar expressions are decided vulgarisms, and should be avoided. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking I remember that in my first letter I fell into the vulgarism, initiated by the whaling crews, of calling the natives Kanakas. The Hawaiian Archipelago To use a vulgarism very common at this day, he began to "pump him," in regard to the value of the animal's services. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter The countess, whose return you seem so much to dread, has entertained the town with an excellent vulgarism. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 A woman who would scorn the vulgarism of jealousy, and yet know what it is to love. The Odd Women To say awfully nice and awfully pretty would improve the grammar, but the gross vulgarism remains. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Her voice was habitually subdued to the limit of audibleness; she spoke with precision, and in language very free from vulgarisms either of thought or phrase. Thyrza He enjoyed human fellowship, timely merry-making; but to throng one's house with people for whom, with one or two exceptions, one cared not a snap of the fingers, what was this but sheer vulgarism? The Whirlpool But there were moments when to Ursula he seemed indescribably inferior, false, a vulgarism. Women in Love They have for a long time, to use a significant vulgarism, set the people by the ears, and live by the spoil they caught up in the scramble. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark In a fix Many persons instead of saying "He is in trouble," or "He is in an awkward position," or "He is perplexed," or embarrassed, employ the vulgarism, "He is in a fix." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking "Wa lá Kabbata hámiyah," a Cairene vulgarism meaning, "There came nothing to profit him nor to rid the people of him." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 The story is exceedingly Egyptian and the style abounds in Cairene vulgarisms, especially in the Bresl. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 Hence, there are occasions where his pungency is embittered into acrimony, strength degenerates into vulgarism, and the vehemence of satire is infuriated with the fierceness of invective. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke In her agitation Miss Ambient was guilty of this vulgarism of speech, and I was so impressed by her narrative that only in recalling her words later did I notice the lapse. The Author of Beltraffio Business signs and business advertisements are responsible for many vulgarisms. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking They do not delight in vulgarisms, but in common-places, and dress out unmeaning forms in all the colours of the rainbow. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners "Master is a vulgarism that I dislike; so, in alluding to his lordship, take the trouble to say, patron." The Midnight Queen But there are so many young gentlemen from College, so many maiden lady Understanders, on the job—if I may be permitted a vulgarism; and as yet they are not all agreed. The Angel and the Author, and others He speaks English already far better than many professional interpreters, but would be more pleasing if he had not picked up some American vulgarisms and free-and-easy ways. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Together with accusations of such various faults a "virtual abandonment of the inductive method," and the use of slang and vulgarisms. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Theobald posed as the most ardent lover imaginable, but, to use the vulgarism for the moment in fashion, it was all “side.” The Way of All Flesh You are not—if I may be permitted an expressive vulgarism—in the same street with them. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Obstruent—reliable—particularization—fabulosity—different to—averse to—did one ever come across such a mixture of antique pedantry and modern vulgarism! New Grub Street Those critics who find what they call vulgarisms think they may safely go on to accuse Dickens of bad grammar. Hearts of Controversy He winked at Paul and drew from his back pocket a plug of chewing-tobacco, a vulgarism forbidden in the Babbitt home. Babbitt They composed his favorite literature and art, these illustrated chronicles in which Mr. Mutt hit Mr. Jeff with a rotten egg, and Mother corrected Father's vulgarisms by means of a rolling-pin. Babbitt |
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