Word: vulgarisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...subordinates, Biographer Bowen does not attack the naval ability of her hero; but of her hero's character and that of his doxy she leaves few shreds. Nelson was "ignorant of everything save his chosen profession, uneducated save in the school of war, scarcely a gentleman, and vulgar-souled . . ." but "... a brilliant air of being above his fellows, a flash of some genius and heroism." To Nelson, Emma was a goddess: "He would never check her vulgarity, wince at her noisy voice, complain of her garish clothes, for he would never notice these defects. To him she was perfect...
...would close the show. Most of the actors grumpily agreed to a cut in salaries if the show would continue. But Crooner Rudy Vallée, who has long been on notably bad terms with Producer White, protested. In the resulting argument, Vallée called White two mildly vulgar names. Without ado, the agile little onetime hoofer hit Vallée square on the nose-a tender spot ever since its reconstruction by plastic surgery in 1933. Said Mr. Vallée's attorney: "Rudy would have killed him if they hadn't stopped the fight. George...
...Campos went back to court. Since there is no such crime as sedition under Puerto Rican law, many peaceable advocates of independence were enraged at this imperialistic intrusion of U. S. law on their island. Liberals denounced it as a brutal attack on a man who is not a "vulgar criminal...
Officially in Moscow this week Young Communist headquarters summed up against pampered Stuck-Up Stakhanovites: "It is high time to deal drastically with the vulgar and servile people who corrupt and spoil our glorious noble youth...
...ever mentioned the drawing room. The mark of a "gentlewoman" was consideration of others. Being late for an engagement was "ill-bred, vulgar, irresponsible or ostentatious...