bawdy = 'rowdily humorous; slapstick'

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 8 12:43:03 UTC 2012


The idiotic Australian DJs' call to the hospital containing the Duchess of
Cambridge is described by CNN as "a bawdy prank."

JL


On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> To be "bawdy" you need to be a little bit "naughty" or risque.
> As an awe-dropper would say it, "To be body you need to be a little bit
> knotty."
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
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> > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:47:08 -0400
> > From: wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
> > Subject: bawdy = 'rowdily humorous; slapstick'
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> > Today at http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=133129&messages=7
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> > "I heard John Roberts & Tony Barrand sing a bawdy song about a rather
> > spirited dinner party."
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> > None of the lyrics of the song are in the least bit "bawdy." I've
> > encountered this usage before at this site.
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> > JL
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