The term is now commonly used to describe things that are, from the viewpoint of the person using the word, in bad taste[?], indecent[?], or profane.
See also:
... Philosophie (1852) Wissenschaft der logischen Idee (1858-59), with a supplement (Epilegomena, 1862) Hegels Naturphilosophie und die Bearbeitung derselben durch ...