n. The quality or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water. In the sense of having salt content, saltiness is more commonly used. Syn. --saltiness. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]
(n) language or humor that is down-to-earth, Syn. coarseness, Example:the saltiness of their language was inappropriate; self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre