From the Latin vulgāris, vulgar is someone or something belonging to or related to the vulgar (the common of popular people). The concept refers to what is inappropriate for educated or well-educated people. For example: “The player made a vulgar gesture towards the stands when he was replaced by his coach”, “The pop star once again proved that he is a vulgar person by showing himself without underwear in public”, “There is nothing more vulgar to chew with your mouth open.
Called swearing, swearing or swearing are part of swearing. The social acceptance of each word is cultural and can only be understood within a given society. This means that there are terms that are offensive to one person and harmless to others.
Vulgar language, however, transcends oaths. A person can speak vulgarly without using profanity. If a person tells an old man, “walk faster, man, I’m in a hurry,” he is being vulgar and disrespectful, even when he doesn’t swear. This would cause vulgar language to become vulgar many times, using your words to curse and insult other people. Specifically, in this sense, it is customary to use words that can hurt the recipient when referring to their race, nationality, sexual orientation or intellectual capacity, among other things. Vulgar is also linked to expressions that threaten the sacred or that involve taboo subjects (such as sex). On the other hand, there are gestures (raising the middle finger towards another person), attitudes (picking the nose) and even clothing (that does not cover the private parts) that make the person considered vulgar. It is also interesting to note that in ancient times the term vulgar was used to refer to a type of art. More precisely, the expression vulgar arts was used to designate all the works obtained through a series of manual and technical works. Sculpture or painting were, therefore, some of the common arts, as well as all those that can be framed in the craft genre. In front of all of them were the liberal arts, which were those that emanated from an intellectual starting point such as philosophy, astronomy or dialectics, among many others. Currently, in the field of marketing, advertising and commerce, the vulgar term is also used. Specifically, it is committed to the vulgarized expression of the brand. It defines all that commercial brand that has achieved such prestige in its industry that it is used to refer to the entire generic product. An example of this is the Danone brand, which has now managed to use the term Danone or Yogurt interchangeably to define the aforementioned dairy food.
Another use of the term, finally, is related to the general or habitual (as opposed to the special or technical): “It is a vulgar and common computer, without great benefits”.
