ˈɡɹəʊsnəs ˈɹɔːntʃ vʌlˈɡɜɹɪɾi the quality of lacking taste and refinement looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles language or humor that is down-to-earth the saltiness of their language was inappropriate self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre