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How to pronounce ribaldry in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gaminess, raciness, spiciness
Type of indelicacy
Type Words
Type of humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness

Examples of ribaldry

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If added ribaldry here, then would probably need to add American burlesque, etc.
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Like any humour, ribaldry may be read as conventional or subversive.
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Ribaldry is humorousentertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to gross indecency.
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And those meals didn't take our minds of the ribaldry.
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Some inoffensive ribaldry rocketing by at light speed.
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Ribaldry is present to some degree in every culture and has likely been around for all of human history.
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Director Jay Roach's remake of a French farce neatly juggles big laughs with the subtler ribaldry of acute pain.
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He could never escape his wit and energy and ribaldry, though at times this was mixed with a profound anger.
From the guardian.co.uk
This may be due to modern prudishness, for some of his texts revel in the ribaldry that distinguished the 16th century.
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More examples
  • Ribald humor
  • Gaminess: behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
  • Ribaldry is humorous entertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to gross indecency. It is a genre of sexual entertainment, in addition to pornography and erotica. It is also referred to as "bawdiness", "gaminess" or "bawdry".