gutter talk
Vulgar street language
Gutter talk is crude, vulgar, or obscene language—the kind of speech associated with the lowest social registers.
The gutter is where filth collects, so gutter talk suggests language that's similarly dirty or degraded: I won't have that kind of gutter talk in my house.
The phrase carries moral judgment, implying the speaker is coarse or ill-bred.
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- four-letter wordsBrief vulgar expressions
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
filthy · swearing · cursing · foul-mouthed · dirty mouth · coarse · trashy · street · slang · dirty · obscene · lewd · raunchy · expletives · lowbrow · smut · cussing · ribald
- vulgarityvulgar humor, crude, crass, coarse, obscene
gutter talkelevated language
eloquent speech · proper English · diplomatic language · King's English · eloquence
gutter talkpolite conversation
Courteous social discourse
civil discourse · clean language · diplomatic language · euphemism · coded language
gutter, talk, gutters, guttered, guttering, talks, talked, talking, talker