Relating to or characteristic of heterophemisms; deliberately using harsh or offensive language instead of mild alternatives.
From heterophemism + -ic (relating to). This adjective form follows standard English word-formation patterns to describe qualities or behaviors involving heterophemisms.
When someone's being gratuitously crude or rude when they could be gentler, that's heterophemistic behavior—it's a fancy word for what happens when people choose rudeness deliberately rather than accidentally.
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