RIBALDRY

gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness

(noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy

ribaldry

(noun) ribald humor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ribaldry (countable and uncountable, plural ribaldries)

Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.

Source: Wiktionary

Rib"ald*ry, n. Etym: [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.]

Definition: 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. The ribaldry of his conversation moved Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition