Hypertext Webster Gateway: "profanity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profanity \Pro*fan"i*ty\, n. [L. profanitas.]
1. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness;
irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
2. That which is profane; profane language or acts.
The brisk interchange of profanity and folly.
--Buckminster.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
profanity
n : vulgar or irreverent speech or action
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