Bawdry (Noun)
Meaning
Lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The comedian's act was filled with bawdry that made some audience members uncomfortable.
- The author was known for incorporating bawdry into her novels, much to the chagrin of conservative critics.
- The magazine was shut down due to its excessive use of bawdry, which offended many readers.
- He tried to pass off his off-color jokes as harmless bawdry, but most people saw through the ruse.
- Her novels were deemed scandalous due to the liberal use of bawdry, but they have since become classics of feminist literature.