Dave Barry

Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.

American Journalist

Sandra Bernhard

Smut, if it's really smut, there's nothing backing it up. It's the easy way out.

American Actress

Dawn Steel

If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies.

American Businesswoman

Larry Flynt

Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

American Publisher

Used when casually mentioning a small, possibly insignificant amount of dirt.

Casual Cleaning

Suggests a non-serious issue, generally requires simple action to remove.

Minimal Attention

Usually visible against the background, drawing attention to the dirt or mark.

Visual Notice

Important in farming contexts; related to crop damage and the need for plant treatment.

Agricultural Concern

It's a specific term in botany, so it's not commonly used outside agricultural discussions.

Technical Term

Most often associated with grains; key in contexts of grain storage and transportation.

Grain Focus

Can be offensive or sensitive; use with awareness of the audience's comfort with adult material.

Cultural Sensitivity

Informal and often used in casual conversations among adults, typically in private.

Colloquial Use

Content is adult-oriented; implies that the material is not suitable for children.

Age Appropriate

Conveys an unintended action that caused a mark or dirtied something.

Accidental Implication

Implies the need to be cautious to avoid dirtying objects, especially when clean.

Careful Handling

 the tagline of which was "literate smut." It was in theory, and hopefully in practice, a smart online magazine about sex and culture. That spawned a dating site. But you can understand the jokes that we get. Sex begets babies.