clean language
No profanity allowed
Clean language is speech free of profanity, vulgarity, or obscenity.
Parents encourage clean language around children.
Comedians who work clean avoid sexual or scatological material: He built a successful career on clean language and observational humor.
The phrase sometimes extends to avoiding slurs, insults, or other offensive content.
Implied identity comparison
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- client-centeredOriented toward the served
- reflectiveCasting back light
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
counseling · questions · curiosity · therapeutic · transformation · personal growth · insight · awareness
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- client-centeredOriented toward the served
- reflectiveCasting back light
psychotherapy · counseling · questions · curiosity · therapeutic · transformation · personal growth · insight · awareness · empathy
- proprietydecorum, decency, propriety, correctness, suitability
clean languageprofanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
foul language · swearing · cursing · dirty language · vulgar language
clean languagecrude language
vulgar language · coarse language · crude · gutter talk · locker room talk
clean, language, cleans, cleaned, cleaning, cleaner, cleanest, cleanly, cleanliness