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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
a bawdy limerick that mischievous storytellers love to recite
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Recent Examples of bawdy
And that look back is resonating strongly with many of those projects’ filmmakers, actors and executives, who weren’t expecting to get all choked up watching a bawdy adventure.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 30 July 2024
Hammer the accelerator, and the duopoly of gasoline and electric motivation creates bawdy thrust, with bold low-end torque and a strong pull all the way to a 7,500 rpm redline in each gear.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
Iliza Shlesinger Her name may be difficult to pronounce (and also spell), but Iliza Shlesinger is a self-aware millennial whisperer who has found her audience courtesy of acerbic wit and bawdy jokes about the harrowing experience of being a woman in the modern age.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 June 2024
But the film’s emotional heart is the burgeoning relationship between their young son (Alan Kim) and his bawdy grandmother (Yuh-Jung Youn), who comes to the U.S. to live with them.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 30 July 2024
Hammer the accelerator, and the duopoly of gasoline and electric motivation creates bawdy thrust, with bold low-end torque and a strong pull all the way to a 7,500 rpm redline in each gear.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
Iliza Shlesinger Her name may be difficult to pronounce (and also spell), but Iliza Shlesinger is a self-aware millennial whisperer who has found her audience courtesy of acerbic wit and bawdy jokes about the harrowing experience of being a woman in the modern age.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 June 2024
But the film’s emotional heart is the burgeoning relationship between their young son (Alan Kim) and his bawdy grandmother (Yuh-Jung Youn), who comes to the U.S. to live with them.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bawdy
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Its upper reaches are the playground for obscene displays of wealth.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Racist and obscene comments from some of the event’s early speakers were clipped and flagged by popular X users like @Acyn and Aaron Rupar.Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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John Zogby Grade: C Two new polls out late this week are very suggestive.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
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In research conducted last year by Interface and AI Forensics, the group found that users presented with a series of search suggestions most often picked the most suggestive headline available to click on.David Gilbert, WIRED, 16 July 2024
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Trump was heard bragging in vulgar terms about women.Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The chicken wings could be the best of the bunch, with crisp skin lacquered in a sweet and spicy brown sugar glaze.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Keep this zesty, herbaceous, and spicy Creole seasoning on hand for all of your favorite Creole dishes.Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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Much of the dialogue is hilariously ribald, especially in a locker room scene in which the two nude men share a tender familial embrace after comparing penises.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
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The couple became a symbol of marital stability in the freewheeling rock world, even as Charlie drummed for a band that was the most famously ribald band in music history.Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
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Good post for a mid- to late-November afternoon: 70 to 100 yards back in timber and along the thickest, nastiest ditch that leads out to crops. 59) Don’t waste precious rut-hunting time.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Reason for Ranking: Yet another solid (and prescient) premise that’s spoiled by a nasty streak and curious jokes about, uh, Abraham Lincoln hitting on Homer.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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The foul odors subsided when the facility closed in 2014, but a decade later, the infrastructure sits as a 47-acre blighted industrial property on the edge of the Santa Cruz River.John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Plants and flowers that are starting to wilt need to be tossed immediately so the foul odor doesn't stand a chance of taking over your home.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Yes, but: Charlie Bailey, a former Fulton County gang prosecutor who ran for lieutenant governor as a Democrat in 2022, told Axios that the RICO law was created to catch leaders of criminal organizations who weren't doing the dirty work.Kristal Dixon, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Carbon emissions would increase because there is a dearth of renewables and the world would have to burn dirtier fossil fuels from non-Western entities.Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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