Thumbs down on vulgarity

The Ministry of Education's vow to say no to vulgar words used on the Internet is a welcome and necessary move to help promote a healthy society.

In a recent report on China's linguistic conditions in 2014, the 10th of its kind, the ministry said the use of Internet words, some of which are vulgar ones, in TV programs, textbooks and dictionaries, has made it necessary to curb the abuse of coarse words online.

With the booming development of the Internet, a number of new words have become popular in recent years, such as zheng nengliang, positive energy, and dianzan, thumbs up, which not only reflect the agility of the Chinese language, but also add convenience to communicating.