ribaldry /ˈɹɪb.əl.dɹi/ noun1 •Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.Playes are the nurseries of vice, the bawd, / That thorow the senses steales our hearts abroad, / Tainting our eares with obscaene bawdery, / Lascivious words, and wanton ribaulry. — 1629 formsribaldries