There is a related distinction in linguistics between the objective meaning or denotation of a word such as "vulgar", and the positive or negative association or connotation attached to such a word. "Vulgar" derives from the Latin word for 'common" and literally means ubiquitous, and was its original meaning. The word has now acquired the negative connotation of "gross" or "crudely obscene" For example, the word "city" connotes the attributes of largeness, populousness. It denotes individual objects such as London, New York, and Paris.