What is Obscene?
1.
Out of the realm of what is considered normal - almost to the extreme. Can be used to express an excessive amount of another word - both adjective, verb and noun. Obscene awesomeness. Obscene waterskiing. Obscene hairdo.
Expression as to whether this is a good thing or bad thing is taken in the context.
Dude, did you see the booty on that chick - it was obscene (in this case, defines as big).
The obscene awesomeness of this party is wreaking havoc with my brain.
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2.
1. Offensive to
2. A gross misstatement; dogmatic opinion: "Keanu Reeves is the greatest actor of our time."
3. Repulsive; disgusting and lewd.
4. Grossly overpriced.
1. "My little bitch should be
obscene and not heard."
2. "Marty the mystic Martian doesn't consider
fletching asobscene ."
3. "The money they want for this software license is fucking
obscene !"
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3.
1. Extreme in some matter, as in color, size, etc.
2. offensive, outrageous, or wild in a fun or amusing way
3. vulgar, disgusting, or unappealing
1. Dan: Did you see that girl's gaudy glasses? They were so obscene!
2. Rachel: Let's make fun of that fat person in Spanish!
Dan: We are so obscene!
3. Dan: Whoa, that cafeteria food looks gross.
Rachel: Yeah, it looks really obscene.
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4.
This is the legal definition of obscene in the USA:
1) The average person, applying contemporary community standards would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest (sexual desires)
AND
2) The work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law
AND
3) The work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
ALL THREE criteria must be met in order to be obscene. Also note that something that is obscene in one place may not be considered obscene somewhere else. This test is called the Miller test.
Possession of obscene material is not illegal, but distribution and exhibition may be illegal. However, it is always illegal to distribute it to minors.
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5.
1. Offensive to my standards of decency or modesty.
2. Repulsive; disgusting and lewd.
3. A gross misstatement; dogmatic opinion: “Keanu Reeves is the greatest actor of our time”
4. Grossly overpriced.
1. "...women should be
obscene and not heard."
2. "...money they want for this software license is
fucking obscene !"
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6.
the opposite of
i'm so obscene, it's gross.
"she's so obscene..."-- the Click Five