as in vulgar
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
keep your locker-room talk for your fraternity brothers
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Recent Examples of locker-room
The flexibility of the deal allows the Bulls to continue building a roster without the weight of veteran contracts while still retaining a key locker-room leader who teammates credit for elevating the roster’s competitiveness.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Weeks after reportedly requesting a trade following locker-room fallout in Seattle, Loyd was traded to the Las Vegas Aces in a three-team deal that also involved the Los Angeles Sparks.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
He is known as an elite locker-room presence but has never been a particularly conscientious defender.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The veteran would bring a new element to the Vancouver bottom six and is known as a strong locker-room presence.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Weeks after reportedly requesting a trade following locker-room fallout in Seattle, Loyd was traded to the Las Vegas Aces in a three-team deal that also involved the Los Angeles Sparks.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
He is known as an elite locker-room presence but has never been a particularly conscientious defender.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The veteran would bring a new element to the Vancouver bottom six and is known as a strong locker-room presence.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locker-room
Adjective
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The Europeans were enchanted by the expressive fluency that the New York critics had considered vulgar.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The chief spoke at the LAPD’s Police Commission weekly meeting Tuesday, a day after news broke that officers from the department’s recruitment and employment division had been unknowingly recorded making vulgar comments, including while talking about police applicants.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This social justice kitsch becomes a mildly obscene evocation of racial terrorism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
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Fifteen years after her husband’s drowning in the nearby bay, Tressilian’s days are spent in a cranky routine: grumbling over the obscene resort stationed on the opposite bluff, reading London’s gossip columns, and summoning the household help with the insistent ringing of a bedroom call bell.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Verdugo had one more at-bat, closing out the bottom of the eighth inning with a foul pop out off another reliever, Cole Sands.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Pistons foul at one of the highest rates in the league, and both Brunson and Towns will get their share of points from the floor and foul line.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Switching out a pump in a pit filled with raw sewage is nasty work.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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The bear is back and things may stay nasty for the rest of 2025.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Tom Hardy stars in the neo-noir crime thriller as a corrupt detective named Walker, who shoots, punches, and drop-kicks his way through an entire criminal underworld to rescue the estranged son of dirty politician Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker).—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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But as stated, not every relationship that has an age difference regarding an older man and a younger woman involves a dirty old fart looking to wrangle a naive young woman.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Aurangzeb imprisoned his ailing father in 1658 and defeated his brother the year after, before forcibly parading him in chains on a filthy elephant on the streets of Delhi.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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The network has ordered Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, which will see the celebrity chef go undercover to rescue America’s filthiest restaurants.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In return, the Bears received a treasure chest of compensation that has now netted them Moore, Williams, offensive tackle Darnell Wright, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson and punter Tory Taylor.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2025
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On Thursday night, the Jets fortified their offensive line by selecting right tackle Armand Membou at No. 7 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Locker-room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locker-room. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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