Ribaldry

n.

1.

The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; - now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct. The ribaldry of his conversation moved stonishment even in that age. - Macaulay.

Noun	1.	ribaldry - ribald humor
	2.	ribaldry - behavior or language bordering on indelicacy Synonyms: gaminess, raciness, spiciness

Rabelaisianism, X-rated movie, bad language, bawdiness, bawdry, billingsgate, blue language, blue movie, coarseness, colorful language, crassness, crudeness, crudity, cursing, cussing, dirt, dirtiness, dirty language, dirty movie, dirty talk, dissoluteness, dysphemism, earthiness, erotic art, erotic literature, erotographomania, evil speaking, fescenninity, filth, filthiness, filthy language, foul language, foulness, gaudiness, grossness, iconolagny, immodesty, indecency, indelicacy, lasciviousness, lewdness, licentiousness, looseness, loudness, lubricity, lustfulness, meretriciousness, nastiness, naughtiness, obscenity, offensiveness, pornographic art, pornographic literature, pornographomania, pornography, profane swearing, profanity, raciness, rakishness, rankness, rascality, rawness, roughness, rudeness, salaciousness, salacity, scatology, scurrility, sexploitation, shamelessness, skin flick, smut, smuttiness, soft-core pornography, stag film, strong language, swearing, unparliamentary language, unrepeatable expressions, vile language, vileness, vulgar language, vulgarity, wantonness

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