Bawdy

[Bawd·y]

Bawdy describes humor that is off color: about sex, going to the bathroom, or other naughty, vulgar topics.

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Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

Noun
lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"

Adjective S.
humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"


a.
Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

a.
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.


Bawdy

Bawd"y, a. 1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.]
It [a garment] is al bawdy and to-tore also.
2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke.

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

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Usage Examples

Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

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