strong language
Words requiring bleeping
Strong language refers to profanity, obscenity, or other potentially offensive speech.
The phrase appears most often in content warnings: This film contains strong language and violence.
What counts as strong language varies by context—words unremarkable among friends may be strong language in a workplace or broadcast setting.
- swearingProfane speech or vows
- cursingUsing profane language
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- swear wordTaboo term of expression
blasphemy · obscenity · expletives · dirty word · vulgarity · choice words · four-letter words · blue streak · insults · invectives · explicit · parental advisory · locker room talk · bleep · vehement · emphatic · assertive · crude
- disclaimerswarning, fine print, notice, terms of use, waiver
strong languagepolite conversation
Courteous social discourse
clean language · civil discourse · euphemism · coded language · minced oaths
strong languageformal language
Elevated, rule-governed expression
refined language · proper English · diplomatic language · civil discourse · Queen's English
strong, strength, language, strengthen, strongly, stronger, strongest, stronghold, strongman