Gutter language
noun phrase
Profanity and obscenity; scabrous speech: This dictionary has a selection of gutter language
[1890+; gutter, ”appropriate to the gutter or sewer,” is found by 1849]
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[guht-uh-fawrm] /ˈgʌt əˌfɔrm/ adjective 1. shaped like a drop.