explicit language
Words requiring warnings
Explicit language is speech or writing containing profanity, obscenity, or graphic descriptions—typically of sex or violence.
The phrase often appears in content warnings: This film contains explicit language.
Music and media labeled "explicit" may include uncensored profanity that edited versions bleep or remove.
The term treats such language as requiring disclosure rather than prohibition.
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- swearingProfane speech or vows
- swear wordsTaboo expletives
- cursingUsing profane language
- vulgarCrude or indecent
obscene · crude · foul-mouthed · locker room talk · expletives · four-letter words · cussing · potty mouth · taboo · uncensored · raw · graphic · blunt · coarse · offensive · raunchy · adult · adult content
- sexy talkdirty talk, pillow talk, sexting, phone sex, bedroom talk
- content ratingsMPAA, rating system, movie rating, movie ratings, TV ratings
explicit languageclean language
Speech free of profanity
refined language · radio-friendly · civil discourse · euphemism
explicit languageeuphemism
Mild substitute for bluntness
coded language · veiled language · implied meaning · suggestive language · innuendo
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