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Ribaldry

The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.;…

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Wit 76% connected

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Witticism 76% connected

A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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Wittiness 76% connected

The quality of being witty.

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Raciness 92% connected

The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

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Spiciness 92% connected

The quality or state of being spicy.

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