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bad taste, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌbad ˈteɪst|, U.S. |ˈbæd ˈteɪst|
[‹ bad adj. + taste n.1]
A. n. Poor, indelicate, or undiscriminating judgement, esp. with regard to what is aesthetically pleasing, polite, socially appropriate, or fashionable; (hence) something which results from or embodies this. Freq. in in bad taste. Cf. taste n.1 8.
1696J. Dennis Remarks Prince Arthur (front matter), The Contents... Part II. Chap. I. Of a good and a bad taste. 1706J. B. Morvan Reflexions upon Ridicule 130 These odd Decisions, expose their bad Taste, and often are the Consequences of a foolish Pride. 1727M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake Ded. p. vi, It must be owing to the Bad Taste of the Age, that a great deal of powder and White hands should be call'd Foppery and Effeminacy. 1811T. Moore M.P. or Blue-stocking ii. iii. 17, I have lived too long among my betters not to larn, that it is bad taste to go on knowing people, after they have come into misfortune. 1896A. R. White Youth's Educator x. 117 Never allude to sea-sickness at the table. Most every one is squeamish on the water, and any allusion of this sort is in bad taste. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Sept. 653/1 A mildly amusing story in mildly bad taste about a pensionnat in Switzerland. 1991J. Richardson Life Picasso iv. 60 He never lost his taste for bad taste, and knew how to make it work for him. 2004Time Out N.Y. 22 July 89/3 What better way to open a new venue..than with a miniretro of gut-spilling bad taste?
B. adj. (attrib.). Of, displaying, or embodying bad taste.
1895Los Angeles Times 20 Sept. 11/7 (heading) A Bad-taste joke. 1935Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 28 Apr. s3/2 (caption) Miss Patty Bahls..and Mrs. Lawson Poss..are discussing plans for their Bad Taste party to be held May 11, at Claremont Country Club. 1968Listener 30 May 712/3 Bad-taste jokes about plainness, bad teeth and plain, clever women. 1981Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Oct. c1 One of the strangely endearing things about Hollywood..is its status as the bad-taste capital of the world. 1991Entertainm. Weekly 7 June 67/2 The film is redeemed by one of the great bad-taste endings of recent cinema. 2005Waikato (Hamilton, N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. 19 Don't go if you're easily offended and dislike cussing and bad taste jokes. |