Profanity means taking God's name in vain.

Here we need to remember the words of Ecclesiasticus 23: 10;

“And let not the naming of God be usual in thy mouth, and meddle not
with the names of saints, for thou shalt not escape free from them.”

A. Profanity is committed by:

1. Using the name of God without just cause, thoughtlessly, through
habit, impatience, surprise, or merely to emphasize a point. Your use
of God's name is profane when it does not honor God, or help your
neighbor or help you.

2. Speaking lightly or jokingly of God or holy thing.

3. Using words of Scripture unbecoming to believers, like "damn",

"hell," or words that mimic in sound the name of God.

B. The sinfulness of profanity or using the name of God in vain

depends upon the deliberation, the irreverence intended and the
scandal given. Ordinarily profanity is only a venial sin. It becomes
serious and a mortal sin when there is deliberate and intentional
contempt of God or His Holy Name.

http://slatts.blogspot.com/2006/02/sins-against-second-
commandment.html