swears like a sailor
Uses foul language
Swears like a sailor describes someone who uses profanity frequently and casually, with the implication of rough, unapologetic vulgarity.
The phrase comes from the reputation of sailors for coarse language, developed in male-only environments far from polite society: My grandmother swears like a sailor when she's driving.
- curseInvoked harm through words
- shoutLoud vocal outburst
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
- truck driverCommercial vehicle operator
- merchant marineCivilian ships for commerce
four letter words · expletive · malediction · anger · dockworker · obscenity · salty language · bartender · bar fight · fisherman · pirate · blasphemy · longshoreman · frustration · emphasis · salty · profanity · blue streak
swears like a sailorsqueaky clean
Completely pure or innocent
G-rated · family-friendly · clean as a whistle · bowdlerized · euphemistic
swears like a sailorprim and proper
Excessively formal and correct
well-mannered · refined · genteel · polite · proper
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