Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable"), is a term that's most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. Despite its long formal and informal use with a sexual connotation, the word still retains the meanings of "inspiring disgust" and even "inauspicious; ill-omened", as in such uses as "obscene profits", "the obscenity of war", etc. It can simply be used to mean profanity, o… (More on Obscene)