Ribald:• Adjective

•Vulgar, coarse, or indecent humor, language, speech,

etc.

Etymology of Ribald

· 1200-50; Middle English ribald, ribaud (n.)

· from Old French ribaud (l)d, equivalent to rib(er) to be licentious

· from Old High German riben to copulate, be in heat, literally, rub

"He had lived to see the leper colony grow from a ribald, obscene settlement to an orderly hospital where as much as was possible was done for the sufferers that were compelled to remain there." — A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.

Examples of Ribald in Writing

“But the coarseness remained; the dancing was grotesque and the fun ribald, and, as Professor Purser says, the plots nearly always involved "some incident of an amorous nature in which ordinary morality was set at defiance”.” —Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero

"Sometimes in the studio, when some one—the father himself most frequently—made a too equivocal remark or a ribald jest, the Irishman would frown and make a little noise with his lips, or else would divert." — The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)

Representations of Ribald Off-color jokes Gross cartoons (speaking about farting, boogers, etc.)

Sexual innuendos Drunks in a bar Excessive profanity Comedians using certain mature

content (such as Dane Cook)

Uncensored sailor songs Suggestive catcalls at women The television show “South Park” The movie “Bruno”

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