as in vulgar
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
keep your locker-room talk for your fraternity brothers
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Recent Examples of locker-room
Ahead of their biggest of the game of the early season against No. 3 Texas, Michigan brought in New York Yankees Hall of Famer Derek Jeter to give a locker-room speech the night before Saturday's game.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
That roster spot could either go to locker-room favorite Zach Davidson or to a player at a different position that would impact special teams more than Davidson.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
Listen to this article Jamal Murray issued a challenge to his locker-room neighbor.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
The locker-room champagne celebration is fine, but one problem: there’s no pool table.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
That roster spot could either go to locker-room favorite Zach Davidson or to a player at a different position that would impact special teams more than Davidson.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
Listen to this article Jamal Murray issued a challenge to his locker-room neighbor.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
The locker-room champagne celebration is fine, but one problem: there’s no pool table.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locker-room
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The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Which brings us back to the Knicks’ glaring issues: minutes, foul calls, and rotations.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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The net front is the nastiest place on an NHL rink.Chris Branch, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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The second season trailer, which dropped on Wednesday, sees the title character who is played by Amer, who co-created the series with Ramy Youssef, trying to get back into the U.S. from Mexico after becoming entangled with nasty coyotes at the end of the first season in 2022.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
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This set also comes with a shoe bag that has two compartments and can double as a laundry bag for dirty clothes during your trip.Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
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Also, James Neal and Pascal Dupuis scored a lot of goals in those seasons because Kunitz was doing the dirty work so they could be set up by Malkin and Crosby, respectively.Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the earlier seasons of the show, characters were often filthy, caked with dirt and blood, clothes tattered.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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There are series with lazy writing, shallow characters, boring plots and even offensive elements.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Incarnate World offensive tackle Rasheed Jackson: A former Duncanville standout, Jackson was voted second-team All-Southland Conference this season for the Cardinals after appearing in 14 games in 2024.Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Locker-room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locker-room. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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