lingua franca , scurrilities

Gone are the good old days, when English was not the lingua franca and the contest still went by Grand Prix de la Chanson d'Eurovision -- the days, when the competition was all about composers and songwriters and less about scurrilities and costumes.



lingua franca Hide phonetics
noun [C usually singular]
a language which is used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages but which is not used between members of the same group:
The international business community sees English as a lingua franca.

SYLLABICATION:	scur·ril·i·ty
PRONUNCIATION:	sk-rl-t
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. scur·ril·i·ties 1. The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive. 2. A vulgar, coarse, or abusive remark or passage.