Word: ribald
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...said whatever she liked, and Grandma liked it carnal. Her gay married daughter ran her a close second. And her tough little granddaughter was never far behind. There were some other characters in the play, but they were poor ordinary mortals whose problems seemed sordidly normal beside this engagingly ribald trio...
...down to 150,000, in 1932 it folded. Meanwhile, with his profits Captain Billy started True Confessions, Screen Play, Modern Mechanix, Smokehouse Monthly, For Men, Amateur Golfer & Sportsman, various others. But Whiz Bang was his darling. Wherever he went while Whiz Bang lasted Captain Billy picked up ribald jokes, sent them back with his monthly editorial, Drippings from the Fawcett...
Handing out autographs to all who asked, kisses to whom acceptable, Actor John Barrymore arrived in Manhattan to open in My Dear Children, which played to packed houses in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland because of Barrymore's ribald ad-libbing...
...Italian operas were forgotten, but the frowsy Beggar's Opera became a classic. Last week the Beggar's Opera even made the 20th-century radio, when a company under Conductor Josef Honti gave it a first broadcast over NBC's Red network. John Gay's ribald lines had been studio-broken, but there were still some 18th-Century cracks which strained the broadcasting code ("Yes, indeed, the Sex is frail. But the first time a woman is frail, she should be somewhat nice methinks, for then or never is the time to make her Fortune...
...last war, most of the sweep volunteers were fishermen, whose hard-boiledness is widely advertised now by their radio telephones. Magnificent profanity, ribald bets and sweepstakes played against death filled the short-wave bands. The Royal Navy makes no attempt to discipline these mariners, whose women are busy at home weaving nets for artillery camouflage. The special naval rank of "Skipper" is accorded their captains, and when they talk with His Majesty's officers they don't bother to salute, remove pipes or cigarets from mouths, or hands from pockets. The Royal Navy appreciates what tough work...