The vulgar is associated with the rude.
Vulgar is someone or something belonging to or relating to the vulgar ( the common people ). The concept, from the Latin vulgāris , refers to that which is inappropriate for cultured or well- educated people .
For example: "The player made a vulgar gesture to the stands when he was replaced by his coach" , "The pop star once again showed that he is a vulgar person by showing himself without underwear in public" , "There is nothing more vulgar than chewing with his mouth open .
Vulgar language
The so-called swear words , bad words or rudeness are part of vulgarity. The social acceptance of each word is cultural and can only be understood within the framework of a given society . This means that there are terms that are offensive to one people and harmless to others.
Vulgar language , however, transcends bad words. A person can speak vulgarly without using expletives. If a person tells an old man "walk faster, old man, I'm in a hurry" he is being vulgar and disrespectful even if he does not use swear words.
This would result in vulgar language often becoming profane when using its words to utter expletives and insults to other people. Specifically, in this sense it is common to use words that can hurt the recipient when referring to their race, nationality, sexual orientation or intellectual capacity, among other things.
Vulgarity is also linked to expressions that attack what is considered sacred or that involve topics that are taboo (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 a person considered vulgar.
Vulgar behavior violates the rules of civility.
The term in art
It is also interesting to emphasize 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 refer to all those works that were obtained through a series of manual works and techniques.
Sculpture or painting were thus some of the vulgar arts as well as all those that can be framed within the genre of crafts. Opposite 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.
More meanings of the vulgar concept
Currently within the field of marketing, advertising and commerce the idea of vulgar is also used. Specifically, it opts for the vulgarized brand expression. It defines any registered trademark that has achieved such prestige within its sector that it is used to refer to the entire generic product.
An example of this is the Danone brand, which has achieved that in some regions the term danone or yogurt is used 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 ordinary computer, without great features."