potty mouth
See also: pottymouth
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potty mouth (plural potty mouths)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.
- 2007 November 16, Janet Stewart, “Feral cats need someone to lend a hand”, in Winnipeg Free Press:
- Enough of my bathroom humour, my potty mouth.
- (idiomatic) A person having this characteristic.
- 2007 December 5, Mike Redding, “Just being honest, I swear”, in WCNC.com:
- I’ve turned myself into a potty mouth. I swear. Too much.
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- Sometimes this noun is used attributively, as, for example, in: The language of my potty-mouth coworkers can be very offensive.
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characteristic
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person
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- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.