"shocking language" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to language that is considered rude, offensive, or inappropriate. For example, "The manager reprimanded the employee for using shocking language in the workplace."
But it contained some shocking language for those, like Mr. Rove, who are easily bruised: "We all pulled together and now Motor City is fighting again".
She said Butler's description of the younger sibling as "an abs[olute] cunt" was shocking, language Butler tried to dismiss as normal during his trial.
Comparing Mr. Barrow to the 1960's poet Allen Ginsberg, who used "shocking language and shocking imagery" to deliver an important social message, Mr. White said that his client wanted his audience "to rise up from the hopelessness of the ghetto".
All segments of the media seemed aghast at what was admittedly shocking language that was being spewed by both men.
Angelou uses everyday language, the Black vernacular, Black music and forms, and rhetorical techniques such as shocking language, the occasional use of profanity, and traditionally unacceptable subjects.
So she apparently thought she'd use some shocking language of her own, and compared her political opponents to terrorists, because (by her logic) they both treat women badly.
Powerful, sometimes shocking Russian language version of Shakespeare's play from Cheek by Jowl, set in a state where power is brutally misused.
Another is that we regularly feature images on our pages every bit as shocking as any language used in the paper.
JOHN McGLOIN Staten Island, Oct. 22, 2013 To the Editor: The shocking gap in language skills of infants and toddlers should bolster a push for adult education rather than for pre-K.
While Scaramucci's behavior and language were shocking even by Trump's standards, Lizza believes that his appointment followed a familiar pattern.
"This kind of language is shocking, offensive and has no place in public discourse.
