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What does ribaldry mean?

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Noun
  1. Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.
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There were other, less exalted grades, with less exalted duties and the license probably to engage in satire and ribaldry.
The program, which was a send-up of panel shows, was noted for its word play, ribaldry, and plain silliness.
To encapsulate his humanitarianism in this immensely accessible ribaldry is a triumph of serious intention within comic means.
So while North Berwick refracts a little of the capital's prim ambience, Dunoon has something of Glasgow's ribaldry.
The drunkenness, heated arguments and ribaldry of The County Election return in The Verdict of the People, which focuses on the counting of votes.
O'Riordan is credited with introducing a certain ribaldry to the notoriously humourless world of women's magazines.

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