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X-rated

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a motion picture; no longer in official use by the Motion Picture Association of America) having a rating of X; intended for adults only.
of or relating to a pornographic film.
obscene, sexually explicit, or vulgar: X-rated selfies.
X-rated dance moves;
X-rated selfies.

X-rated

adjective

(formerly, in Britain) (of a film) considered suitable for viewing by adults only
informal.
involving bad language, violence, or sex
an X-rated conversation

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Word History and Origins

Origin of X-rated¹

First recorded in 1970–75; X ³( def 8 ) + rate ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Idioms and Phrases

Sexually explicit, vulgar, or obscene, as in This film should be X-rated; it's not suitable for children . This expression alludes to a rating system established for motion pictures, in which films rated X may not be viewed by persons under the age of 17. [c. 1970]

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Example Sentences

They urged justices to restore the rules of an earlier era, when X-rated theaters and bookstores had an adults-only policy.

From Los Angeles Times

Nightly he took on savage crowds with X-rated punchlines typically stemming from his sexual exploits and roasting people in an often star-studded audience.

From Los Angeles Times

In October, he performed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, delivering the cleanest comedy sets he’s ever done, giving the Saudis what they wanted — a co-star of “Bad Boys,” one of the country’s biggest blockbuster openings — while dialing back his normally X-rated material to avoid being insulting.

From Los Angeles Times

Like, say, maintaining his X-rated shrubbery or reanimating dead flesh into a lumbering errand boy.

From Salon

For Reynolds' Deadpool, this means plenty of X-rated jokes at Disney's expense.

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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