"bad taste" (also poor taste or vulgarity) is generally a title given to any object or idea that does not fall within a person's idea of the normal social standards of the time or area. varying from society to society and from time to time, bad taste is generally thought of as a negative thing, but also changes with each individual. a contemporary view is that "a good deal of dramatic verse written during the elizabethan and jacobean periods is in poor taste because it is bombast" or high-sounding language with little meaning.