Meanings of colourful language in English

The controversy also incited unusually colourful language from European Commission officials.

WARNING: Just to let you know, there's some rather colourful language in the video.

He also used some colourful language when addressing the lobbying by certain fossil fuel interests.

In less colourful language, the Bank of Japan also acknowledged the nervousness surrounding Europe's debt crisis.

Even those not fluent in French could guess the young man is using some colourful language.

Presumably, this new work won't feature the kind of colourful language which gave The Commitments its unique flavour.

Long would engage in the personal abuse of his opponents, often deploying colourful language aimed at mocking their physical characteristics.

The Bannatyne manuscript's colourful language got me wondering what semantic gems future generations will unearth from our own plague year.

Vladimir Putin is known for his marathon performances at his annual news conferences, where he frequently uses hard-hitting, colourful language.

My abiding memories are of dirt, colourful language, and the inability of my co-workers to pull up their trousers properly.

Johnson is far from the only one who has been inspired to use colourful language in relation to the US president-elect.

True to form, social media users have also voiced their resounding disapproval of the updated app -some with particularly colourful language.

Twitter user Empire A. L. C commented that it could be the first on the streaming service to have such colourful language.

Jo Johnson, the universities and science minister, said his brother had been "using colourful language to get over an important point".

The episodes he described, and the colourful language he used, became gripping viewing for ordinary Egyptians, leading to street protests over three days.

In contrast to the chief minister's colourful language, Foreign Secretary William Hague sought to calm simmering tensions during a phone conversation with Picardo.