Associations to the word «Ribaldry»

Wiktionary

RIBALDRY, noun. Joking or humorous language done in a vulgar or lewd fashion.

Dictionary definition

RIBALDRY, noun. Ribald humor.
RIBALDRY, noun. Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats