| 单词 | ribald |
| 例句 | He was an old bird, reputed to be fifty years old, and he had lived a ribald life and acquired the vigorous speech of a ship’s fo’c’sle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On the surface, it was a ribald little tune about a donkey who wanted to be an arcanist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Peeta is at the center of a ribald circle of knife throwers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the great hall ladies and gentlemen drank until their talk grew ribald. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As I tried nonchalantly to advance, they called out ribald encouragement. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Around her in the smoke, the trackers laughed and told ribald stories that would have made a lesser woman flush with embarrassment. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There will doubtless be thousands of ribald failures, but in the world’s history artists have always been drawn where they are welcome and well treated. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea for my plot began with a ribald tale of mistaken love I had once read to Gertrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So I passed a sleepless night on the floor, thinking that the evening had provided good matter for the kind of ribald tale that delighted Gertrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Susannah Clapp's short memoir of her friendship with Angela Carter is colourfully characterised through ribald and sardonically surreal postcards sent to friends from her travels, commenting on her activities and attitudes. Critical eye: reviews roundup 2012-02-10T22:55:12Z Sanders notes many of the songs Kupferberg wrote tended to be on the ribald side. '60s anti-war rocker Tuli Kupferberg dies in NYC 2010-07-13T17:01:00Z That led to ribald jokes about Mandela, AIDS, the Afrikaans language, followed by a mocking group rendition of an A.N.C. freedom song and more fits of hysterics. Black Comedians in South Africa Put Power in the Punch Lines 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z She was Rebel Wilson, the Australian actress and comedian known for her ribald turns in “Bridesmaids” and “Pitch Perfect.” Rebel Wilson Goes From ‘Fat Amy’ to Fashion Brand 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z She works small and mainly in glazed porcelain, pushing traditionally demure tabletop figurines into compromising, often ribald positions while downsizing the heroic conventions of royal portraiture. Art in Review: ANNIE ATTRIDGE: ?Hearts of Oak? 2011-02-03T22:05:46Z With a nimbus of frizzy curls and a matching red beard, he’s a big, burly teddy bear of a man whose portrayal accentuates Petruchio’s ribald wit and lusty appetite for combat, both intellectual and physical. Theater Review: ?The Taming of the Shrew,? at the Duke on 42nd Street 2012-04-03T21:16:19Z The dynamic is similar in videos set to some particularly ribald lyrics by Yung Miami of City Girls, from “Leave Em Alone,” a song by the R&B singer Layton Greene. ‘WAP’ Is Good, Raunchy Fun. On TikTok, It’s at Home. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z McNulty also checks out Robert O’Hara’s ribald comedy “Barbecue,” about an intervention in a family where dysfunction runs rife, which is having its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse. Essential Arts & Culture: A new museum on the National Mall, Arthur Miller reimagined, the 'Vermeer' of L.A. 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z There’s ribald humor, pratfalls, eating inappropriate things and slamming doors. James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z His tip for surviving the rush before Christmas was mildly ribald. Scene City: An ?Iron Lady? After-Party Fit for the Queen of Hollywood 2011-12-14T22:35:14Z Embraced as a modern Josephine Baker, she relocated to New York and became a ribald disco sensation at Studio 54 and a habitué of Andy Warhol’s Factory. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z And finally, here’s a long, thorough and occasionally ribald Vulture interview with Louis C.K. What You Should Watch This Father’s Day Weekend 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z “Lilly was optimistic and ribald, a maverick in her world, who didn’t follow the rules like the other mummies.” Lilly Pulitzer’s Estate Holds an Auction for her Eye-Popping Fashion 2014-02-28T22:31:05Z Struggles over inheritance are always painful -- unless, of course, they take place in a French farce, in which case they are endlessly prankish and ribald. Highly engaging low farce in 'The Heir Apparent' at ICT 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Supplied by performers standing near a puppet theater, the acoustic punctuation adds zest to the cheerfully violent and ribald escapades of the eponymous puppet, a truncheon-wielding antihero. Review | Pointless Theatre’s slapdash ‘Don Cristóbal’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Stern was skeptical because his ribald humor and repartee had already become problematic for WNBC. Howard Stern’s Superagent Is Getting With the Program 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z She’s a jolly and vastly competent woman with a ribald sense of humor. Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z The show is like a ribald travelogue of one guy, Louis CK’s alter ego, going out into the world and meeting new people. Louis CK Talks Daniel Tosh Rape-Joke Furor on Daily Show, Gives Classically Louis CK-ian Response 2012-07-17T14:26:56Z But in Stravinsky’s chamber works, played at Alice Tully Hall in the evening, you could discern echoes of Mozart’s Classical clarity and economy, as well as his ribald humor. Music Review: A Group Determinedly Finding a Spot Right in the Middle of Things 2011-08-09T22:04:45Z He’s handsome, unpious and as ribaldly earnest as Fleabag is raunchily sarcastic. Review: As She Was Saying, Brilliantly, in a New ‘Fleabag’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z There is poetry both epic and lyric, and dance, too, as well as ribald and high comedy. Review | In New York, a blowout, blockbuster retrospective of Bruce Nauman 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Suffice it to say that Mr. Bagley, who gets his own ribald number, outshines them all. On ‘Teachers,’ It’s Do as I Say, Not as I Sing 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The comedian, actor and singer made his mark as creator of the animated television series "Family Guy," a show known for its ribald satire, much of it aimed at Hollywood conventions. Rookie Oscar host Seth MacFarlane lives up to provocative image 2013-02-25T04:22:01Z Dad’s old ribald insouciance hasn’t been extinguished, but it has the nostalgic quality of a retired general recalling former battles. Latino history with professor John Leguizamo, the CliffsNotes edition 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z In one of the show’s more ribald goofs, she finds herself composing love poems that inadvertently reveal her inclination for the gentler sex. Review: In ‘Head Over Heels,’ Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But now he's announced several new projects that promise even more of his ribald, often brillant output. Tyler, the Creator announces new album via his own app 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z These goofy, exuberant performers have a lot of fun, providing a bubbly, ribald tonic that prompts more than a few belly laughs. ‘Puppet Titus Andronicus,’ at the Beckett Theater 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Apart from one scene showing him lashing out at a radio reporter for asking how his ribald stage persona might affect his Presidential run, Martelly is portrayed as jovial and as his country’s last hope. Sweet Micky and the Sad Déjà Vu of Haiti’s Presidential Elections 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Both of Mr. Villalobos’s novels are short, dark, comic, ribald and surreal. Books of The Times: ‘Quesadillas,’ by Juan Pablo Villalobos 2014-02-27T22:39:35Z That album has already generated one hit single, “Want to Want Me,” in keeping with Derulo’s record of ribald songs about love and lust. Jason Derulo: Meghan Trainor 'Insisted' on Singing My Name 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Cary Grant is among the celebrities discussed in the ribald new memoir “Full Service.” Scotty Bowers and His Sexual Tell-All of Old Hollywood 2012-01-27T22:08:45Z The dialogue is vivid, inclusive, full of energy and ribald humour. Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman – review 2013-06-05T12:54:39Z Like the previous iteration of the green M&M character, Ms. Kerrigan’s personal brand can be ribald. Dolls and Drinks for Likes and Clicks 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Later he could be heard fact-checking the veracity of the more ribald storylines with people younger than his 61 years. ArtsBeat: The It-Series 'Girls' Gets a Party to Match 2012-04-05T19:17:54Z On the other hand, I gritted my teeth through the exuberantly vulgar number in which Grandpa sings a ribald hymn to the glory of indiscriminate sex. | 'Little Miss Sunshine': Taking Dysfunction on a Road Trip 2011-03-08T16:48:24Z The show was always bound to be uneven, partly because it envelops and displays so many different kinds of comedy, intermingling political satire with shameless slapstick and ribald or just plain dirty farce. Secrets of “Saturday Night Live” at 40: “There would never be anything like this again” 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” panders cheerfully to the taste for ribald humor that is a primary ingredient in the more frat-boyish elements of late-night comedy. Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions 2010-12-10T16:02:00Z Through the scintillating and deliciously ribald prose of his letters and conversation, and the endearing spectacle of his devotion, Clemenceau emerges as a more engaging and entertaining man than Monet, who was famously reticent. Monet’s last, desperate effort to create the world’s most beautiful paintings 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Winking to her Dear Reader, Danforth laces the text with ironical footnotes, ribald asides and witty clues of past and future disaster. Review | Emily M. Danforth’s ‘Plain Bad Heroines’ mixes up a delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Etan Cohen has been responsible for some of the more ribald work Hollywood has produced over the last couple of decades. Etan Cohen, director of 'Get Hard,' is used to confounding expectations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z As it grew in sophistication, the music encompassed political and social themes in addition to more ribald topics. Prince Buster, Jamaican producer who helped ignite ska, dies at 78 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Spring, who has written biographies of the American artists Fairfield Porter and Paul Cadmus, became intrigued by Steward after coming across some of his witty and ribald letters. Samuel Steward?s Life in ?Secret Historian? 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z Most seductive are the ribald, cartoonish, exquisitely colored paintings depicting shenanigans that frequently include women in bloomers, or less. Books and Museum Treats for Art Lovers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Her assurance is most striking in two contrasting songs about self-discovery, New York City and Things Change: the former a ribald picaresque, the latter suffused with regret, set to bruised piano and quivering cymbals. Caitlin Rose: Own Side Now 2010-08-05T21:45:00Z Little is known about Behn except that she was a spy for King Charles II at one point, and that her plays often possess a ribald flair. Theater Review: ‘Sir Patient Fancy’ Features the All-Female Queen’s Company 2014-03-24T22:42:14Z “Wedding Band,” which makes its debut on Saturday on TBS, is both, at least if we can presume that the Saturday night television audience isn’t expecting intellectual rigor and doesn’t mind ribald content. Television Review: ‘Wedding Band,’ a New Comedy on TBS 2012-11-09T23:25:56Z She talks with frankness and ribald wit about whatever springs to mind, from grumbling about the indignities of ageing to paying tribute to her musicians. Marlena Shaw | Jazz review 2010-03-30T21:35:00Z It’s sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z For those of us who know MacFarlane from his ribald slate of Fox comedies, it was a bit of a shock. Seth MacFarlane is a family guy at the Bowl's John Williams tribute 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z In person, against all the evidence, La Binoche seems more ribald than regal. Juliette Binoche: the queen of Cannes 2010-05-28T06:59:00Z Ultimately she steers “Lysistrata” out of ribald farce into the real horrors of combat. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z Costume designer Lori Meeker differentiates among the various roles assumed by the performers with a sometimes wacky, sometimes ribald insouciance. 'Candide' is revisited in a playfully imaginative staging by Long Beach Opera 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Such a house sits at the heart of Mat Johnson’s ribald, incisive novel “Loving Day.” ‘Loving Day,’ by Mat Johnson 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The playful yet ribald banter between the two repeatedly threatens to break out into something more vehement. Don’t apologize, Noah Galvin: Let’s applaud celebrities who dare to speak their mind, not tear them down 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Quitting this gloomy hermitage, is an alfresco book, pantheistically ribald. Nicholson Baker 2011-08-13T23:04:05Z What really gives these tales – which encompass the miraculous and the ribald – their emotional punch is the clever framing device: the storyteller is new bride Shahrazad, who is telling the stories to stay alive. This week's new theatre 2012-12-15T00:05:32Z These ribald notes were written while Harding was lieutenant governor of Ohio and later through his stint as senator, stopping before his presidential inauguration in 1921. The sappy, poignant, and risqué love letters of 7 world leaders 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Caustic and unblinkingly ribald, Ms. Schumer’s comedy takes dead aim at gender roles. Amy Schumer Teams With Judd Apatow on 'Trainwreck' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Rob and Sharon seem compatible from the start and–here’s a twist!–they are, sharing a ribald and irreverent sense of humor. Review: Catastrophe Is Knocked Up, Grown Up 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z A petite, ribald dynamo, Patachou was one of the most renowned French singers of the postwar period, known for her deep, husky voice; warm, earthy manner; and amiably irreverent stage persona. Patachou, a French Singer With a Habit of Snipping Neckties, Dies at 96 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Jacobson, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of “The Finkler Question,” started writing this ribald satire just hours after Trump won the presidential election, and within a few weeks his manuscript was already rushing to print. A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Understandably, Mr. Dern, a ribald storyteller on an average day, was in an irrepressibly good mood when he sat down in the Carlton Hotel here for an interview with his co-star Mr. Forte. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Bruce Dern and Will Forte on ‘Nebraska’ 2013-05-24T16:19:58Z Ms. Griffin is a little more ribald than Ms. Rivers, who tended toward the scabrous. Without Joan Rivers, ‘Fashion Police’ Is Falling Apart 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Sandler wore a New York Jets T-shirt to sing his ribald rewrite. Adam Sandler takes it to Sandy at NY benefit show 2012-12-13T02:27:08Z He played in several bands, including Hawkwind, before forming Motorhead, and finding a lifelong placement in the world of ribald, raucous, and raunchy rock. Lemmy Kilmister lived the ultimate 70 years of sex, drugs and rock and roll 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It’s a profane, grungy, black-and-white slice-of-life film centered on a New Jersey convenience store that served as a showcase for Smith’s brand of eloquently ribald dialogue. Kevin Smith crafts his ‘real big cinematic gravestone’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Bakopoulos’s greatest talent is his ability to mix ribald comedy with heartfelt sorrow. ‘Summerlong’: A story for adults about adults gone wild 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Best line: When Isobel suggests that Miss C is “quite a tough nut,” Violet’s reply — “And I am quite a tough nutcracker” — is both apt and a little ribald. ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 7: Crash and Burn 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Like all good jesters, the All the King's Fools company pass off as ribald entertainment some truths society may find hard to take. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z It was a raucous evening in which people ended up on strangers’ laps, chanted ribald phrases, found themselves onstage doing unseemly things. ?Never Sleep Alone? Leads to Audience Relationships 2011-11-30T22:45:03Z Inspired by a Brassaï photo of Violette Morris, a celebrated French athlete who later betrayed her country to Hitler, this saga of Paris at war offers ribald humor, sexual transgression and military intrigue. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 Bawdy jokes and ribald humor, and a decade’s-long conversation about black music, distinguish his letters to Albert Murray. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Reveal a Complex Philosopher of Black Expression 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Last year, he apologized to the Palins for a ribald joke involving one of their daughters. Letterman tosses off mild Bristol Palin jokes 2010-07-15T06:46:00Z Below him are some Hassidic Jews; above is the Statue of Liberty, which has morphed into a heavy-set actress he knew back home and is exploding in a ribald laugh. Rethinking the Movie Masterpieces: Richard Corliss Expands TIME?s List of Cinematic Greats 2012-05-17T10:00:59Z In his 70s, at any rate, the author was a startling combination of ribald and dour, adorable in proportion to his dogged efforts not to be. Review: Reviving a ‘Really Rosie’ That’s Hard-Candy Cute 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Mother and son riff off each other and engage in ribald antics like recreating Mr. Herzog’s birth. Television: Seth Herzog?s Comedy Show, ?Sweet,? in the East Village 2011-09-07T18:46:25Z The reader mail page provided a ribald frisson between the writers and their audience. The Wild Story of Creem, Once ‘America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine’ 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z And yet now the book looks like a ribald parody. What about Bill O’Reilly’s children’s book, ‘Give Please a Chance’? 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z High seriousness and scatological humour, ribald performance, death and despair all play their part. Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet? 2012-10-01T13:08:55Z These days, both channels focus more on reality shows – the ribald “Party Down South” is CMT’s big one. Burt Reynolds and Johnny Cash Highlight CMT Documentary Lineup 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Eric Idle, a co-founder of the ribald, outrageous and internationally acclaimed British troupe, tweeted thanks to fans for their support while noting Mr. Jones’s participation in the 2014 stage reunion of the comedy gang. Terry Jones of Monty Python Has Dementia, His Family Says 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Still, “Savages” is a ribald, intelligent and promising new work. 'The Sexual Life of Savages' at the Beverly Hills Playhouse 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z He soon gave up music for comedy – his influences span Tom Green’s pranks and Joan Rivers’s ribald one-liners to Chappelle’s Show. Comedian Eric Andre: 'We don't tell guests a thing ...' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z As some of it is ribald and sexist — probably accurately so — they prefer to defuse it by winking as if to say: Don’t worry, we don’t mean any harm. Review: ‘1776,’ When All Men, and Only Men, Were Created Equal 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z This is where “Flack” evolves into something more than a ribald, id-driven lark. Smart Watch: "Flack," "Whiskey Cavalier" and sex appeal of liars 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z But it wasn't until one hot summer when I fell under the sway of the ribald, disreputable, restless prose of Chester Himes that I found my truest muse. Literary Idol: Nelson George on Chester Himes 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Through the group’s first five studio albums and two earlier Australian releases, Scott had embodied AC/DC’s ribald and rebellious personality. The Brothers Who Built AC/DC 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z But pounding drums, ribald chants, heartfelt songs and waving banners are part and parcel of every face-off between local teams like River Plate and Boca Juniors, and the games are always exciting. 36 Hours in Buenos Aires 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The book is “an unruly, overwhelming, vastly eccentric novel” that is “sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit,” he added. Women Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Portraying a progressively needy slacker, he delivers the play’s ribald asides with laserlike timing. Review: ‘Straight’ Glides Between Sexual Assumptions 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z In the beginning, Pat’s penchant for tall tales was a large part of his charm, and hyperbole was the basis of his ribald humor. Perspective | Pat Conroy said he was ‘the most falsely open man’ I’d ever met. He was right. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Hill said he was inspired by ribald animated series like "The Critic," "South Park" and "The Simpsons," which has long been among the top TV cartoons featuring the trick-playing youngster Bart Simpson. Jonah Hill takes on TV cartoon "Allen Gregory" 2011-10-28T13:36:24Z These are films that play to all the heartwarming stereotypes: hearts of gold, rough diamonds, strong communities and loyalty are mixed with a large measure of ribald humour. Social deprivation in Britain: how a writer's life turned to tragedy 2010-10-17T15:00:00Z In fact, while this should be a ribald hoot, there's a disturbing undercurrent. Enrique Iglesias/Lemar ? review 2011-03-27T20:45:01Z His play “Bootycandy,” a series of connected skits about growing up black and gay that was produced last year by Celebration Theatre, starts making ribald mischief with its title. 'Barbecue' at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z If the Shiv Sena is written about in unflattering, ribald terms, so is Indira Gandhi and her Congress government and so are the American and Pakistani governments of the time. India must move beyond book-burning 2010-10-21T14:10:00Z Yes, there’s a bit of danger and a hint of scatology, but the Greeks are far more ribald. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But, in modern France, Aznavour quickly came to represent the threat of the uneducated, the immigrant, and the unpalatably ribald. Remembering Charles Aznavour, the Last and Greatest Troubadour 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z In this spirit Miró created for himself the alter ego of a Catalan peasant, indefatigable and ribald, wild bearded under a barretina, the red cap of the rural radical. A life in paintings 2011-03-20T00:08:06Z Tweeters are “a pitchfork mob,” according to Michael Moynihan, who unmasked Lehrer; according to Ronson, they are both “the hanging judge” and “the people in the lithographs being ribald at whippings.” Jon Ronson’s ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Arriving at the theater, she greeted Amber Martin, a ribald cabaret artist, with cries of “Witch! Witch!” Parker Posey’s Offbeat Glamour 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Behind me groups of men broke into ribald ballads that honor their contrade. The Palio di Siena: A Survivor’s Tale 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The current show,"Radio Free Starlight," is a typically riotous mélange of aerial stunts and ribald comedy, rock oldies and opera arias. Seattle's Teatro ZinZanni woos wider audience with brunch, kids shows and more 2011-03-14T23:56:08Z The film's premise is borrowed from the ribald Aristophanes Greek comedy "Lysistrata" -— instead of a sex strike in ancient Greece, the story is set against the backdrop of gun violence in present-day Chicago. Break down of ‘Chi-Raq’ trailer: locations, stars and plot 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z These short pieces range about as widely as possible in tone and form, from ribald cracks to grammar lessons to ornate religious puzzles by the archbishop of Canterbury. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Decades later, the Iron Curtain long torn down, he ended his talk with humor and a reference to his reputation as the author of such ribald works as "Portnoy's Complaint" and "The Breast." Philip Roth receives 'Literary Service' award 2013-05-01T04:54:14Z It's a ribald roundelay set on a mythical island. Triple play: 3 engaging Shakespeare shows in Puget Sound parks 2012-07-26T19:53:04Z Equal parts ribald humor, lurid emotion and raw elegy, the Writer's accounts pull a plethora of familiar Williams motifs into play against everyone's crushing loneliness, “a sort of soft, awful groaning in the walls.” Lonely eccentrics, adrift in the French Quarter in Tennessee Williams' 'Vieux Carré' 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Adam Dant's recent sepia drawings tell ribald tales of British boozing. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z But that said, Mr. Tankersley was hardly inflexible as time passed, social attitudes toward ribald subject matter and language grew more relaxed, tolerance for violent imagery increased and entertainment programming veered more often into politics. William H. Tankersley, Watchdog for CBS Taste Standards, Dies at 98 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z In its parade of ribald gags and infantile preoccupation with body parts, not to mention a climactic decapitation, water-balloon-style, The Interview displays all the mindless excesses that repressive regimes condemn in Hollywood movies. You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z For all his ribald satire, McKnight is a generous observer who paints an affectionate portrait of the bonds holding a community together. Little Johnny's Big Gay Wedding 2010-06-07T22:20:00Z The documentary outlines his life and work, from his childhood in Newark, N.J., to such controversial novels as the ribald "Portnoy's Complaint" to his current status as literary eminence and perennial Nobel candidate. Roth documentary raises new questions at 80 2013-03-11T14:38:08Z An MC both amusing and ribald, but also with the odd pang of conscience, Drake is having his cake and eating it: enjoying fame's spoils, while also providing a Robbie Williams-style commentary on their effects. This week's new live music 2011-01-01T00:05:40Z Nominees are plied with alcohol and the mood is boisterous, bordering on the ribald. The King's Speech gets a royal reception 2011-01-14T19:21:22Z Was it a trifle peculiar that my entry-level De Vries novel, the one she first urged I read, “Consenting Adults,” happened to be every bit as ribald as “Tom Jones”? Well, maybe. Letters to the Editor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z That's the tripping point for this adaptation of Mordecai Richler's ribald, picaresque novel. Barney, The Tempest and Casino Jack: Warming Up for Oscar 2010-12-31T07:00:00Z The concept is simple, ribald and truly weird. Comics: "Hybrid Bastards" provides some good, dirty fun 2010-09-21T19:27:00Z Bonnie "Prince" Billy, the name under which Oldham has been recording since 1999, was intended is an outlet for his uninhibited, more ribald, even feral, side. Old music: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – You Remind Me of Something (The Glory Goes) 2012-06-12T10:24:00Z A feeling of insider camaraderie permeated the event - where a single seat cost $6,000 - and sometimes the teasing got a bit ribald. Star-studded gala raises $6.7 million for AIDS 2010-05-21T12:44:00Z In the first gallery consider the crowded, forward-pressing wall of humankind that we encounter in the unrepentantly ribald “Merrymakers at Shrovetide.” Art Review: Faces Still Alive, Centuries Later 2011-07-28T22:44:45Z Rocci Johnson, an enthusiastically ribald singer who’s been entertaining crowds for at least two generations, takes the stage several nights a week. Fast-changing Boise offers plenty of adventure, day or night. Here’s a list to choose from. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z But the ribald, frequently entertaining "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" is now apparently going even further for its seventh season and busting yet another taboo – getting fat. "It's Always Sunny" star gets fat -- for laughs 2011-06-17T20:18:00Z The 90-minute show was by turns goofy, confused, uproarious and slapdash — a fine mix for this ribald comedy. Instant Shakespeare Company?s Bare-Bones Readings 2010-07-15T22:08:00Z Elsewhere, "Hot Tub Time Machine" from struggling studio MGM, which is exploring a sale, opened with $13.6 million after warm reviews for its ribald journey back to the 1980s. "Dragon" knocks "Alice" off top box office perch 2010-03-29T16:42:00Z His muscular debut, 2015’s “Free TC,” showed the singer-songwriter-producer-multi-instrumentalist had an eye on pop stardom with its mix of confessionals, ribald party starters and commentary on the penal system. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z She has a winningly ribald rapport with the Cook, in particular, even if the vibrant Mr. Thompson, a brilliant and natural Shakespearean, is not as clearly a natural for the stylizations of Brecht. Critic’s Notebook: Watching ‘Mother Courage’ and ‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’ 2013-08-19T21:54:46Z To help facilitate the transfer, therefore, and allow future American audiences to fully enjoy Butterworth's ribald study of modern rural England, we present a quick glossary explaining key words and phrases from the play. Jerusalem: the British slang explained 2010-06-17T15:57:00Z There’s “Stinks in Here,” a suicide tango sung by Dolores with her head in the oven, and “Tinkle Tinkle,” a ribald ditty about finding a diamond while squatting on a snow drift. | 'Dollface': Stop Me if You?ve Heard This One ...Oh, You Have? 2010-12-28T22:31:59Z The story goes that a courtier told a ribald tale, perhaps at dinner, possibly at Windsor Castle, and in expressing her disapproval Victoria was speaking for all the ladies present. Lessons on the Royal We, from “Mary Queen of Scots” and “The Favourite” 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Over the course of his long career, the New York/Connecticut-based painter has been creating works that depict the human figure in ways that are poetic and ribald. Datebook: The concerts of Desolation Center, where art meets performance, a poignant quartet 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z She was an 82-year-old in supple control of the ribald medium, and she knew it. Perspective | Cloris Leachman rose to the bottom of our hearts 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z For comic Bridget Everett, her naughty mother, who does what she wants, influenced her comic style and allows Bridget to be ribald on stage. Comedians remind viewers to "Call Your Mother" in hilarious and heartwarming Mother's Day special 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Directed by Oscar-winning "Community"-star and alumnus Jim Rash, the new edition, as ever, features a rotating cast that frequently delivers wry, ribald laughs, even when coasting on farcical technique. Media glut, the 'Bachelor,' Yelp get the Groundlings treatment 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z She had an ironic and sometimes ribald wit, engaging in puns and wordplay. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z Regnard swiped liberally from situations in both Molière’s “The Miser” and “The Imaginary Invalid,” but his style is less satirical and more akin to a raucous, ribald hell-for-leather farce. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z Gifford is a master of the set piece in the tradition of Nelson Algren: larger-than-life characters, ribald dialogue and an uninhibited spirit that seesaws between the profound and the profane. Barry Gifford's 'The Up-Down' salutes legacy of Sailor and Lula 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z From this angle, Brooks offers, it’s entirely appropriate that Frederic and Deslauriers squander the ending of “Sentimental Education” on a ribald tale. ‘Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris,’ by Peter Brooks 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z “My manifest destiny was Yaddo,” said Roth, who at the Saratoga Springs-based artist colony completed most of his ribald classic “Portnoy’s Complaint” and in subsequent visits worked on “The Breast” and “The Great American Novel.” Philip Roth may have given his last public talk 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z But the director Wash Westmoreland gives us anything but — this is a rowdy, ribald picture, about a woman who wrote rowdy, ribald stories. ‘Raw,’ ‘Monogamy’ and Other Streaming Gems 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z But this ribald comic strip version is as tender as it is witty, and is a complex portrait of the model and muse. Kiki de Montparnasse by Jose-Luis Bocquet and Catel Muller ? review 2011-03-19T00:06:15Z Jeffries eventually turned her experience into the popular Instagram account Hilariously Infertile, and eventually a candid, ribald memoir of the same name. "Hilariously Infertile": Karen Jeffries on finding the comedy in reproduction 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z And to tabloid reporters, he was a delicious fount of scandal, gaffes, ribald insults and sexual escapades. This week’s passages 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z And to tabloid reporters, he was a delicious font of scandal, gaffes, ribald insults and sexual escapades. Silvio Berlusconi, a Showman Who Upended Italian Politics and Culture, Dies at 86 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z On Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood this week, people were reveling in Pride month, with all its rainbow flags and ribald humor. At Pride parades, LGBTQ+ Angelenos 'show our joy to the world' amid conservative backlash 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Sam Brinton, according to a report Thursday on Fox News, had been the leader of the Washington D.C. chapter of the group of drag-queen “nuns” known for ribald and blasphemous humor. Report: Fired Biden energy official Sam Brinton led D.C.’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z While in government, Ms. Beyer was known for her ribald sense of humor. Georgina Beyer, 65, Dies; Considered First Transgender Parliament Member 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z He took the ribald publicity photos of the 23-year-old Ms. Lollobrigida that intrigued Hughes, who promptly provided her with a single, one-way ticket to Los Angeles. Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film siren of the 1950s, dies at 95 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z These traits would characterize all his work for adults, including the stories of 1960’s “Kiss, Kiss” and the ribald exploits chronicled in 1979’s “My Uncle Oswald.” Review | Roald Dahl is as troubling as he is beloved. Can’t he be both? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Arthur later recorded one of these songs, his father’s a cappella version of the ribald 18th-century Child ballad “Our Goodman,” and included it in the 2007 box set. Art Rosenbaum, Painter and Preserver of Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s ribald, full of sex, saucy language, courtly intrigue and machinations, and gorgeous opulent costumes, which is where London-based designer Sharon Long comes in. This costume designer keeps Elle Fanning's opulent looks more than 'Great' 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Everett, also an executive producer on the series, is perhaps best known to New York fans for her ribald cabaret acts. The stars of HBO's 'Somebody Somewhere' reveal how they mine dramedy gold 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The latest 10-episode story arc arrives on the woefully antiquated DVD format, spread out over four discs, and delivers another thick layer of satire and ribald shenanigans surrounding the all-mighty empress of Russia. TV DVD and Blu-ray reviews: ‘Dexter: New Blood’ and ‘The Great: Season Two’ 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Then he told a few ribald jokes to break any tension. Jerrod Carmichael comes out as gay in an HBO special about his family's secrets 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Oscar it needs: Troy Kotsur would appear to have momentum and a ton of a goodwill for the way he combined ribald humor with aching vulnerability as “CODA’s” loving dad. What Oscar(s) do these contenders need to win in order to take best picture? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Vitti regrouped and returned to her comedic roots, throwing herself into ribald and unpretentious films that won her a devoted Italian fan base. Monica Vitti, multifaceted actress who symbolized Italian mystique, dies at 90 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z She remained an incorrigible presence on television sitcoms and talk shows, often portraying herself as a seemingly demure old woman who suddenly detours into a ribald punchline. Betty White, one of the most endearing and enduring faces on television, dies at 99 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The ribald jokes are pretty much nonstop, but then what do you expect from a classic that reveals the awesome power of closing your legs? Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z I could hear Jimmy Connors telling his ribald jokes. Told to ‘Find Arthur,’ I Stumbled Upon My Future at the U.S. Open 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z He wrote that he had never seen the alleged behavior and that when he saw the email from Carlberg, he chalked it up to “the often ribald humor that theater people are known for.” The sexual misconduct allegations rocking L.A.’s largest LGBTQ theater company 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z But Mr. Limbaugh’s latter-day commentary — while still ribald and unrepentant — was often indistinguishable from that of dozens of other pundits. Where Will Rush Limbaugh’s 15 Million Listeners Go Now? 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z During the late 1990s, he was publishing 30 magazines, including such ribald monthlies as Busty Beauties and Barely Legal. Larry Flynt, the man who built pornographic publishing empire before becoming an unlikely First Amendment champion, has died 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z He also did drawings for another upstart ribald publication called Players. Perspective | A Black political cartoonist’s new book pokes and provokes. He’s planning another. 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z I’m so confused — but I don’t want to get sidetracked by the ribald content because, at its heart, this is a tech problem, and The Verge is a tech site. The MTA’s got porn in its Google search results 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Here are several other board games targeting adults that range from ribald to ridiculous. Sanity savers: 7 great board games for grown-ups 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z A ribald and youthful marketplace, TikTok has also been criticized for security issues and racist content. The coronavirus pandemic is terrifying — it's OK to laugh 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Monday Gronkowski participates in a freewheeling, sometimes ribald interview on “Watch What Happens Live” on Bravo and hints at a return. Gronkowski’s Amazing ‘Retirement’: W.W.E., CBD and Talk of a Return 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z In 1999, he and Iris DeMent shared vocals on the classic title track of his album “In Spite of Ourselves,” a ribald tribute to an old married couple. Singer John Prine dies from coronavirus 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1999, he and Iris DeMent shared vocals on the classic title track of his album “In Spite of Ourselves,” a ribald tribute to an old married couple. Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Edible Wiener was Brie’s signature skit, but ribald humour was her high-school speciality. Alison Brie: ‘The effects of trauma spider-webbed through the whole family’ 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Following a mobile Army surgical unit during the Korean War — with Vietnam as subtext — it was far darker than military sitcoms like “McHale’s Navy,” shocking viewers with its mix of ribald humor and wartime brutality. Gene Reynolds, television hitmaker who co-created ‘M.A.S.H.,’ dies at 96 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Upfront and ribald, they perform with intelligence, humour and an impassioned sense of injustice. Scenes from Santiago: Chile's protests spill from streets to stage 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z One Book Called “Ulysses” in a ribald explanation of the history and its critical players. Review: Each essay in `Fight of the Century’ packs a wallop 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The show, “Evening Kvartal,” was made up of sketches that resembled those on “Saturday Night Live,” with the dial for the zany and the ribald turned up. How Trump’s Emissaries Put Pressure on Ukraine’s New President 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The swimmers admit that the ritual induction into Phi Kappa Swim, a ribald fraternity that dates back to at least the 1990s, was inappropriate. After courts martial dropped, cadets fight expulsions 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In 2009, her works was featured in the inaugural triennial at the New Museum, “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” — where her small, yet powerfully ribald paintings stood out amid a surplus of chilly conceptualism. Feral babies and moms made of poo: How painter Tala Madani tweaks Western art 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z But not everyone views Australia's comedy exports as progressing from a ribald, larrikin past. Why Australian comedy is having a moment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z He speaks with an eloquence that is offset by a ribald wit and an unpriestly turn of phrase. The Undercover Fascist 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Some of the letters are wacky, a good many are ribald, a few are profoundly sad. Review: In ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ Cheryl Strayed's advice columns are reborn as very human theater 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Men and women alike will periodically hug someone who isn’t ready to be hugged, or will make a ribald comment that leaves someone uncomfortable. Opinion | Navigating the Male-Female Work Relationship 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Being in the majority encourages a more ribald level of discourse than you’re used to hearing from women in mixed company. What to do when sexual tension at work — real or imagined — is disruptive 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z She masters the British accent — not to mention the film’s generous helping of startlingly ribald asides — with admirable aplomb. Review | Imagine ‘The Crown’ but vulgar and hilariously perverse. That’s ‘The Favourite.’ 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Sally seems to delight in being one of the boys, in their ribald jokes and party schemes, much to Ron’s chagrin. Review: 'Stella's Last Weekend' a chatty family affair with a brotherly love triangle - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Some of the letters are wacky, a good many are ribald, a few are profoundly sad. Review: In ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ Cheryl Strayed's advice columns are reborn as very human theater 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He could be goofy or ribald at times. Paul Singer, Doomsday Investor 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The images papering the walls come from the cheeky Post-it notes and clipped cartoons, often ribald, that enliven and personalize the dreary private cubicles of a conventional workplace. Review: 'This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich and Many Other Artists' at ICA/LA 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It also kicked its designer heels at the boundaries of comedy with a ribald sense of honesty and what remains a comparatively rare thing on television: a woman’s perspective. 'Sex and the City' turns 20: How the HBO series revolutionized TV and dating forever 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Best known for works ranging from the wild and ribald “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the elegiac “American Pastoral,” Roth was among the greatest writers never to win the Nobel Prize. Philip Roth: a generation’s defining voice 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z As narrated by Alexander Portnoy, from a psychiatrist’s couch, Roth’s novel satirized the dull expectations heaped upon “nice Jewish boys” and immortalized the most ribald manifestations of sexual obsession. Prolific, provocative author Philip Roth, dies at 85 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Haywood discussed her campaign on a recent afternoon at her two-story brick home on the South Side of Chicago, showing a ribald sense of humor and a gift for gab. A Relative Wages Jack Johnson’s Biggest Fight: To Clear His Name 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Another post, unprintable in a family newspaper, was a ribald joke involving a seller of fried dough sticks, his wife and an irate customer. It Built an Empire of GIFs, Buzzy News and Jokes. China Isn’t Amused. 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Sitting in a bedroom that had nothing but a mattress on the floor, the 24-year-old Bay Area native penned a freestyle over the beat of Khia's ribald classic, "My Neck, My Back." Rising rapper Saweetie is one to watch this year 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s worth noting parental units that “Batman: Gotham by Gaslight” is an R-rated cartoon due to some knife stabbing, blood splatters, a few scantily clad dancers and a pinch of ribald dialogue. ‘Batman: Gotham by Gaslight’ review (4K UHD) 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z An incorrigible Irish-American author and playwright whose ribald debut novel “The Ginger Man” met scorn, censorship and eventually celebration as a groundbreaking classic. Notable deaths in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z That a religious conservative was elected mayor in a city known for ribald revelry is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Rio’s Pentecostal mayor takes on the capital of Carnival 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The album was a ribald masterpiece that announced a major new voice in West Coast rap. Snoop Dogg to revisit a classic at Hard Summer 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z However, Mr Kurniawan offsets the carnage and lightens the mood with skew-whiff logic and humour that ranges from slapstick to ribald to pitch-black. The secrets of Indonesia’s finest novelist 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Other yuks fall into the category of mildly naughty Dad Jokes, and include a ribald misinterpretation of the word horologist. Review | ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’: Long, loud and overstimulating 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Our president recently broke with decades of tradition and skipped the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, the seasonal high point of political ribbing and ribald jokes. Opinion | Back in the good old days, these Washingtonians knew how to have fun 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Like many a Paley creation, Rose is a ribald genius of home-brewed figurative language. The Art and Activism of Grace Paley 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The factories have helped remake the city’s reputation from a ribald party town to a locus of sophisticated industrial manufacturing. Lifesaving devices come from places like Tijuana, and Trump border taxes will affect end-user pricing 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z He's no stranger to the famed private club known for its ribald roasts of actors and comedians. Honors for this hockey puck? Insult comic turned institution Don Rickles is saluted for lifetime achievement 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z In addition to nudes, the re-imagined magazine will include old elements, including ribald “party jokes” and a “heritage” section of vintage spreads. Out with the old, in with the nude: Playboy brings back naked women 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In 2000, while working as the executive chef at Les Halles, a boisterous brasserie on Park Avenue South, he published a ribald memoir, “Kitchen Confidential.” Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Some wore red gloves to symbolise the blood they saw as being on his hands while others whistled ribald old army tunes. The politics behind the pomp of state visits - BBC News 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The verdict heralds a new era, in which judges and jurors see the ribald world of the Internet, rather than the staid realm of newspapers, as the dominant form of journalism. Gawker’s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump still has a chance to take the White House, he said, despite a “horrendous 48 hours” in the wake of Friday’s release of the ribald tape from the “Access Hollywood” tabloid TV program. Donald Trump, campaign confound foreign press 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Zacks’s engaging account of Twain’s travels shows the raconteur at his best and his worst: charming, childish, ribald, and intemperate. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z It stands, sweet and strong, ribald, outrageous and funny, like its heroes themselves--a bit gamy around the edges, perhaps, but pure and fine clear through. 'Stand by Me' is a summer standout 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z There are no ribald screams of “France! F — Yeah!” It's Time to Reflect on the French Revolution 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Shortly thereafter, images of the girl, naked and unconscious, began circulating on Twitter, accompanied by boastful, ribald comments from the men apparently involved. Many Brazilians are outraged over a brutal gang rape. Others blame the victim. 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z One photo of him crouching to read a putt elicited an untold number of comments, many of them of the ribald variety. Niall Horan of One Direction (and Rory’s friend) plays golf, bedlam ensues - Golf Digest 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z And there was no shortage of ribald, locker-room banter; it was a very male team, packed with football chat and stunts and forfeits, like some never-ending school excursion. Andy Murray broke mould to benefit from Amélie Mauresmo’s calm approach 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z His conversation, often ribald, was equal parts God and sex. New York’s ‘85 and Up’: Update 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z This new generation of public feminists, including Beth Ditto, Lena Dunham and Tavi Gevinson, cite her as an inspiration, finding in her writing a ribald and ponderous succession to the New York School. The Poet Idolized by a New Generation of Feminists 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Some riff on current events: One diplomat shared a ribald, collaborative poem about foreign officials puzzling over the Russian words “f------ morons,” which Lavrov grumbled during a November news conference. Tension is the diplomats’ curse, which Russians cure by writing verse 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Critics say the Utah legislature should not be in the business of honoring Broadway musicals, with one lawmaker calling the show “ribald.” Utah state senators honor Broadway musical 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Though their speeches are sometimes ribald, they build toward the dry Socratic conclusion that love involves a gradual process of distancing ourselves from the body and its passions. Heartbroken? Here’s a reading list to wallow in this Valentine’s Day. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z A review on Variety saying Bad Grandpa was "a brutally unfunny stab at ribald comedy" was fairly typical of the critics' opinion. Revenant defies Grandpa at UK box office - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z “Whereupon we both laughed in a ribald way,” Athill writes, “because that is exactly what I did, too.” Diana Athill: ‘I expected to be shattered at the loss of my baby, and I wasn't' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z There is some of this in Catastrophe — Rob's ribald friend Dave, Sharon's tragically obtuse friend Fran — but it's a small group without real storylines of their own, who seem to exist mainly for laughs. You should be watching Catastrophe 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z A modest, reed-thin slice of contemporary Los Angeles life, this often ribald, ultimately thoughtful comedy of social and sexual manners may not aim particularly high, but it hits a singular mark nonetheless. ‘The Overnight’ parties hard but stays modestly lucid about relationships 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Twitter users may already be fans of comedian Rob Delaney’s strange mix of the nasty and the gentlemanly, which is part of the appeal of this endearingly ribald six-episode dramedy import from British TV. Summer TV Preview 2015 | Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what's worth watching Welcome to another day in the ribald life of Spirit Airlines. Spirit Airlines Marketing Sleaze 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Their journey to see the band live at Cabo Hall in Detroit leads to much sophomoric humor and ribald shenanigans for the adult viewer. Blu-ray reviews: Detroit Rock City, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z They reminisce about ribald moments and great games and lessons from Coach Bob Knight. As Kentucky closes in on unbeaten season, the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers would be happy to welcome them to club 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z He’s also tried a daytime talk show, hosted a reality show and teams with comic Kathy Griffin for a ribald New Year’s Eve program every year. Cooper and Cohen are made for each other _ onstage 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The Interview may be, as Corliss writes, a “parade of ribald gags,” but Americans, unlike North Koreans, are feee to watch such fare. The Interview Makes Fun of North Korea, But the Oppressive Country Is No Comedy 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The fast-paced, thumb-aching battles often resemble a slightly ribald music video as Bayonetta proudly displays her multifunctional clothing, and lack of clothing, along with her healthy physique through often gratuitous camera angles. ZADZOOKS: Bayonetta 2 review 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z A piece of raw, ribald soul lacking the polish that gilded their later hits, the Supremes’ third single is an anomaly within the Supremes’ discography. Diana Ross & the Supremes: 10 of the best 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z "Hey!"- and occasionally engage in more ribald conversation which I could not possibly tell you about. Driving a cab in the artistic heart of the universe 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z It inspired the best line in Birmingham, from Boris Johnson, the ribald Tory mayor of London. David Cameron’s grand riposte 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Since Pouillon couldn’t be truly roasted in the grand tradition of flying barbs and ribald insults at the event aimed at raising funds for Chefs Action Network, there were, instead, laurels. Party Diary: Chefs roast organic queen Nora Pouillon Mrs. Clinton’s last appearance on the cheeky, occasionally ribald but well-informed late night program was in 2008, when she was a presidential hopeful and in the middle of the campaign trail. Inside the Beltway 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The scene occurs during a long, ribald dinner at Mailer's wake. Matthew Barney: 'My work is not for everyone' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z "My manifest destiny was Yaddo," said Roth, who at the Saratoga Springs-based artist colony completed most of his ribald classic "Portnoy's Complaint" and in subsequent visits worked on "The Breast" and "The Great American Novel." Philip Roth may have given his last public talk 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Creative people thrive on serendipity, spontaneous interactions, moments of ribald humor, intense debate or just simple eye contact, and I felt as if I was losing myself. Preoccupations: Where the Fish Swims, Ideas Fly 2014-02-15T15:59:10Z A hallmark of "Saints Row" is its outsize sense of humor, which often veers toward the ribald and profane, and is always ridiculous. Video game studio launches 'Saints Row IV' under new corporate ownership 2013-08-18T05:00:00Z For all the dark talk of a "new normalcy", however, the ribald personality of the city quickly reasserted itself. Welcome to my page 2013-08-16T18:59:05Z The less ribald question was whether the Church of England should seek to become an active player, rather than a supposedly principled and ethical investor, in such sharp-elbowed and worldly markets. Letter From Europe: A Cash Lure Cast From the Temple 2013-07-29T11:42:17Z Following his most recent tweet on the benefits cap that comes into action on Monday, he may be inclined to revisit the ribald advice. David Cameron accidentally tweets fake Iain Duncan Smith account 2013-07-15T10:01:42Z And David H. Petraeus, the general turned intelligence chief turned ribald punch line, will have not one college paycheck, but two. In Disgrace, Yet in Demand as College Teachers 2013-05-05T00:11:17Z This irregular series of videos, created by the Official Xbox Magazine, provide bizarre, ribald and hilarious commentary on and game players. OXM Breakdown – how an official Microsoft magazine has challenged the concept of gamer videos 2012-11-17T08:35:58Z Suddenly, people who could not imagine using anything but polite honorifics to address those above them in the social pecking order let loose, criticizing leaders in ribald language normally confined to conversations with friends. Critics See South Korea Internet Curbs as Censorship 2012-08-13T02:56:06Z His books are accessible, with plenty of characters, action and melodrama, and written in colloquial, and at times ribald, language. Brazil celebrates Jorge Amado's legacy 2012-08-10T01:29:43Z The same mistaken identities, the same meetings of lovers, the same ribald lines and laugh-filled scenes. Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: How do you kill your hero? 2012-07-09T19:15:03.597Z The book is filled with ribald and disturbing accounts of inmates and guards. City Room: Jail Guard's Tale of His Passage to Inmate 2012-06-03T20:26:00Z Michael found every ribald line and pulled them out for our delectation, and it was wicked and wise. Arts & Leisure: 50 Years of the Delacorte Theater: An Oral History 2012-05-24T23:27:19Z Some, like Mr. Arbesfeld, climbed on their seats and yelled along with the tune’s ribald refrain whose first word is a profanity followed by “it’s all right!’ City Room: One Last Party Before an East Village Bar Shut Its Doors 2012-05-01T15:01:27Z Thus our preacher might be supposed to speak, but all nun tales are not so edifying; the ribald jongleur was fond of them too. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Then, Pa, let me inform you that you have been encouraging the acquaintance of a person who gains his living by singing ribald songs at music-halls under the name of Walter Wildfire! Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:33.287Z The young people were dancing, as was usual in the hour before supper, but the piano and fiddles appeared to be playing against the ribald interruptions of a man's voice. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Pessimist, you owe amends For this forecast ribald:— "Literary odds and ends Will for lays be scribbled!" Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z From the caplog at the pier head as the Nubian swung into midstream of the Charles, the band of pariahs bawled ribald farewells and wrung out handkerchiefs in mock tears. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z For other ribald stories about nuns see Note J, below, p. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Already a score of eyes had marked her beauty, and as the boat drew abreast of us, I had to listen to the ribald jests and laughter of those on board. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z It was a ribald and obscene song in the reign of Elizabeth. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z From the crew's quarters came frequent outbursts of ribald talk and uproarious laughter, the odour of food, the clank and clatter of tin-ware empty or full. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The dead man lay and his comrades searched him, and I heard a hundred ribald and loose things said, but not one that smacked of pity or regret. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Another very ribald Italian folk-song of the fourteenth or fifteenth century is specially interesting because it is founded upon Boccaccio’s famous tale of the Abbess and the breeches. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z If your own feelings of decency and of what is right and proper do not forbid this--this ribald profanity--I can call it nothing else, sir--I have but one word to add. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z When departing on her rounds, Agla�, gazing down upon her from her window, had often been heard to give vent to growls and ribald thunderclaps. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A ribald military person was not expected to have taste, or to know wherein lies true beauty, but he might show more respect for youthful gorgons. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Loud laughing, playful bantering, sallies of coarse wit, ribald singing, characterized this journey to the city. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z Where the drunken and ribald song of the muleteer rose about the camp-fire at night, canaries and parrakeets now chatter and sing. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z All kinds of petty insults were heaped upon its pastors; while their place of worship was made the scene of vulgar waggeries and ribald jests. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z "Do you allow him to make these ribald remarks?" inquired Jack, waiting for her to extricate a stone from her shoe. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z In accordance with the rearing which befitted his rank and station, he had scoffed with ribald laughter at a peasant's prophecy, treating with levity the wild words of one who had deservedly been punished. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The Spaniard, appearing first upon the stage, began to utter a thousand invectives against France, mingled with much ribald rhodomontade, and Montbars became excited, and could not contain his impatience. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z “Etta is earthy and gritty, ribald and out there in a way that few performers have the guts to be,” singer Bonnie Raitt wrote in a 2005 article for Rolling Stone magazine. Etta James, Sassy Singer of Jazz, Blues, ‘At Last,’ Dies at 73 2012-01-20T23:48:54Z The legitimate is scoffed at, the stage is defiled by the ribald jest, the clownish low-comedy star, the dancing and singing comedian, and vaudeville—ah, me! that we should have fallen into such evil ways. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z She ignored her husband's ribald appreciation of this. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z He came in very quietly, blinded by the light, and they had their backs to him, shaking with the loose laughter which punctuates a ribald description. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z His reputation has been overlaid with rumours and reports of excessive pleasure in ribald, rollicking hours in wayside inns. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Undergraduates were well known to laugh openly at woman's rights, to devour underdone beefsteaks with savage persistence, and to utter most irreverent and ribald jests about psychic force. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Sunning himself proudly down the village street, the lad had been greeted with a howl of "Marbles!" by the ribald companions he thought to impress. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z He had heard so much gossip at the servants' table, such ribald comment and interchange of eavesdroppings, that he wondered what new stain threatened the old glory of Enslee. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I resented them as a ribald commentary on my necessity. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Half unconsciously he fell into the steady tramping pace of his old regiment: the words of the ribald songs they had sung going to the front came pouring into his mind. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z My face was hot with shame and anger, and yet I knew that the ribald tongues that spared not the King's sister would not spare me. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Between the years of ninety-two and a hundred and two, however, we shall be the ribald, useless, drunken outcast person we have always wished to be. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The medley broke into the ribald tune of a popular song: a woman's celebration of the generosity of her keeper whom she called "Daddy," and who always brought her gifts. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z There was a rustle of pages quickly turned by dirty thumbs, and as Mrs. Courteen was ushered in by my Lady Bunbutter's claret-coloured footman, there followed her upstairs a burst of ribald laughter. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z To his sympathetic mind, the creed of optimism is a ribald insult to the pain of humanity and devout piety merely absurd. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The expression of ribald mockery had left his eyes, and now they were fixed on The Phantom’s face in a dull, suspicious stare. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z In other appearances, Mr. Edwards had followed this line with far more ribald lyrics, but this was a family crowd. Edwin Edwards Is Still Famous, but Louisiana Politics Has Moved On 2011-10-24T00:02:26Z A ribald cuckoo clamoured, And out of the copse the stroke Of the iron axe that hammered The iron heart of the oak. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Thomas murmured a low Amen and earned for his devotion a derisive and ribald gesture from Betty. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Your father may regain possession of his property—I know not whether that be possible or no—but can he withdraw the name of his daughter from the ribald wit of the taverns? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z See now my sacred heritage, the prey Of ribald rhymesters, sensuous, half obscene; Of gloating censors, glad o'er my decay, And deeming all but best I ne'er had been! Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z "Go it, boys, give 'em a bit more marmalade," I heard one ribald private yell out, when to his joy he heard the order, "Two rounds battery fire one second." Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He glanced apprehensively to right and left, his eyes wide for the sight of painted sirens, his ears agape for gusts of ribald merriment. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z "Get you gone, you ribald and triple fraud!" The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z He was no longer filled with horror at the bold assertions of the avowed sceptic, nor did he manifest disgust at the ribald jest. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Lift but thine eyes to where God's finger glows 2640 In fiery warning on thy festal wall, Drowning in dread the voice of revelry, Thy saturnalia's ribald shout and song. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z As George and the doctor were repairing to the billiard-room, before the conclusion of the lengthy program, they found a group of backs upon the threshold, and a ribald uproar in full swing within. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z The comic short stories usually called fabliaux are most of them much less intelligent; rhyming versions of ribald jokes, very elementary. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z They told one another, with ribald facetiousness, that they had rather expected something of the kind. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Remembering that I was secure in a sunnier world I cried out with ribald mockery across the abyss I had safely crossed, knowing my old self could not follow, and shut my eyes happily. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Springing to his feet, he rebuked the ribald wretches, commanding them in the name of Jesus Christ to be still. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z The outraged Miss Vivian left the last word to the ribald spirit apparently animating her parent. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Rounding the corner, a voice came to him—a ribald, good-humoured voice, inviting some one to "come and have a drink." The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z And this ribald rhyme—which is of Latin origin, is now an established English proverb, or proverbial phrase, but variously construed. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Presently the wise and ribald part of me woke, caught the note of that inhuman voice, and raised a derisive cry, heard by me with grave deprecation, but not heard at all by my listener. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z "What are you thinking of?" cried Wroblewski, anxiously, for he knew it was a ribald poem against the Jews. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z The fool, too, clad in colored patchwork, cracked his ribald jokes and shook his cap and bells at the elbow of roaring barons, when the board was spread and the circles of the wine began. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Nay, Thou dost not hear, Or Thou hadst loosed Thy hand, like lightning in the clear, To smite their ribald lips with palsy!' Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Drink led to ribald language and fighting, but the refreshment now taken is chiefly tea or coffee, and the general language and behaviour has improved. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Then they made derisive signs, and the boldest some ribald cries. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Without any qualms He knocks down the Psalms, Or the chaste Imitatio, And takes the same pains To enhance his gains With a ribald Boccaccio. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z A Bible of equal thickness would doubtless have served as well, but it was the ribald romance of Laurence Sterne that stopped a bullet and saved my life that day. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z It would never do for a Professor of English Literature at a girls’ college to lift his voice in ribald song.” Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z No, ribald! hold! the key is on the sill! A Night in Avignon 2011-07-07T02:00:27.090Z Yes, by the virtue of all honest women, If such there be in Venice, I swear it shall be borne by ribald hands Thro the very streets. The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z His companions hailed him with a cheer—the bench was placed before the door of Sinclair's house; the worthies sat and smoked, sang ribald songs, and uttered filthy jokes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z He went on with his blackguard inference and when he had ended a laugh went up, a ribald, obscene, barroom laugh. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z See how his ribald and irreverent remarks put new courage into the team. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z I need not therefore suggest "ribald" as appropriate to the present occasion. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z A dual point of view was attempted in a work, licensed in January, 1600, which pretended to be "a commendation of true poetry, and a discommendation of all bawdy, ribald, and paganized poets." A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The esteem with which the people regarded themselves was largely due to the manner in which they were referred to in the local paper, a ribald folio appearing once a week. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z Reasonably ribald people will perhaps recognize the schoolboy doggerel. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z For ten minutes odd he alternately Honked and Maisied, till, as my ribald informant put it, the deck rang with noises reminiscent of a jibbing motor-car. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Broad and fat, long and thin, some were stretched in a wide grin, others thrust out tongues in ribald mockery. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z I cannot imagine a sweet, wholesome-hearted woman, be she young or old, divesting herself of half her clothes and thrusting herself upon the notice of ribald men. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z That a ribald tongue railed at him for lying when he had spoken the truth could not affect him except with pity or wonder. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z And that irrepressibly ribald organ, the New York Beam, could not forbear its customary jocular sport. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z And when he reaches the fatal tree the ribald mob swears and laughs and shouts out obscene jests. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z "Well, when people are so tactless as to sit up on deck just over one's head, stamping and shouting out ribald songs...." Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z When, in Charles’s days, a ribald taste became universal in England, “unhappy Dryden” bowed down his genius to the times. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Dirty men and women slouched along on the walks and lounged out of the windows, and their idle, ribald laughter echoed along the street that few carriages travelled. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z The higher class of the Andalusians are probably upon the whole the most vain and foolish of human beings, with a taste for nothing but sensual amusements, foppery in dress, and ribald discourse. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z A demand with which the festive Lunsford readily complied, and the ribald refrain once more received uproarious plaudits. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z In their sympathetic hardness there was nothing either ribald or jocose. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Soon after appeared that ribald and ruffian-like attack on her in the satires. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Even the magpies in the tree tops made up ribald verses about him. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z They shouted, they sang, they chattered, they uttered ribald jests; they climbed the rigging, and swung aloft. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Gentlemen as they deemed themselves, some could not resist gratifying their vengeful spleen, but gave exhibition of it, in speech coarse and ribald as any coming from the lips of their rank-and-file followers. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z West Ham's half-time score – three down – got a ribald cheer. Dagenham & Redbridge's man of match still feeling the hump 2011-02-14T07:01:01Z You can remember the ribald jest, the obscene allusion, the sneer at virtue, the unblushing acknowledgment of licentiousness. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z They saw my agony, and began to mock me with ribald words. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z They were oranges from Seville then, but the odor of them and the fumes of circus excitement gave me a first gay ribald sense of the United States. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The coarse refrain, with the ribald jests that followed it, could be heard all over the house, reaching the ears of its imprisoned owner. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z When I at last ventured to say casually to Yarchi that Ben David's daughter seemed to be kept strictly to the house, the ribald grin I had feared distorted his malicious mouth. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z His bony knees and awkward body had been the joke of many a ribald subaltern, mud-stained from the trenches. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Then he sang,—a mirthless, ribald ditty of the shanties,—but the eternal silence swallowed his chant so passively that he ceased. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z When Tom Lee stands in for Kim Bailey, the trainer who will be next week's special guest, the questions put to him are decidedly more ribald than those the man himself is likely to face. Revamped Morning Line focuses on news 2011-01-22T09:00:00Z My hand will pen no ribald verse This revel to adorn; Ye gods, inspire my tongue to curse The day the king was born. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z The ribald remark that rose to my lips did not pass them. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The press teemed with books of ribald denunciation of the Sacrifice of the Mass and the Orders of the ancient Catholic rite were derided in such terms as "greasy and stinking" Orders. Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation 2011-01-13T03:01:01.257Z Other former Navy officers acknowledged that ribald humor, similar in nature to the sexual innuendo in Honors's videos, is a storied part of Navy tradition. Navy fires Capt. Owen Honors over raunchy videos 2011-01-05T05:44:00Z Profane mirth and ribald jests mingled discordantly with pious oraisons and tearful farewells. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Ah!" said Dame Hathaway, "this comes of singing ribald songs to offend him. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z He preferred the ribald, man’s-size oaths of the shanty men, the crackling blasphemies which embellished their speech. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z There was an awful insolence, a ribald riotousness in some of the oaths which redeemed them from the scorn which every well-balanced mind should feel for displays of petulance. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z It is not unusual for us to have edgy or ribald humor. Navy fires Capt. Owen Honors over raunchy videos 2011-01-05T05:44:00Z It is true that when half-a-dozen ribald spirits are gathered round the Lower Study fire after tea, libellous tongues are unloosed. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z On the other side, and in the same precincts was also to be heard the ribald jest of the 'prentice of Chepe, and the ringing laugh of the city madam, as they entered the theatre. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Ah! she would be mine—mine for ever; and she whispered those words as a ribald street boy sung out “Lul-liety.” Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z However ribald their programming at other times, at seven o’clock in the evening almost all channels carry CCTV’s starchy news broadcast, in which unsmiling anchors relay the latest utterances from party officials. Television: China's got viewers 2010-11-18T11:27:00Z Much of rugby's culture is ribald, to put it kindly. Maryland women's ruggers find life in a club sport is a full ride 2010-10-21T04:04:00Z Thomson has told the story so often, with ribald twists introduced depending on the audience, but his verdict at the time was respectful. Rob Bagchi: Pakistan hopes pinned on Yousuf 2010-08-17T23:05:00Z "They can be a little bit ribald, but not too much," a Navy officer says. Navy Aviator Call Signs Studied in Harassment Complaint 2010-08-17T08:30:00Z The Big Lead is in some ways a tamer, cleaner version of Deadspin, the occasionally ferocious, often ribald sports Web site that is owned by Gawker Media, and also fascinated by ESPN. Big Lead, Blog That Found Sports News and Gossip Sells, Is Bought 2010-06-02T01:20:00Z There’s also a poster of the Three Stooges in golf garb and a framed homage to Tiger Woods, which now prompts the occasional ribald joke from his employees. 2010-01-30T22:27:00Z I was, for your benefit, trying to point out to you how you might gain for yourself a first-rate establishment, when you interrupted me with your ribald jests.” Lady Maude's Mania Intoxicated with mirth, frolic, and mischief, the motley Roman crowd, the better class of whom, men and women, wear masks, filled the atmosphere of the Piazza di Spagna with ribald songs and laughter. The Story of Malta Several of the neighbors appeared upon their doorsteps, and took bold and somewhat ribald stock of the visitor. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Altogether he exhaled an air in contrast to which the major’s old-school blend of charm and courtesy seemed an almost ribald frivolity. The Valiants of Virginia Had she not bashfully evaded him, he would have embraced her then and there in the middle of the crowded square, regardless of spectators in the shape of giggling servant-maids and ribald soldiers. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers There is Tacitus, ever willing to sacrifice decency to antithesis, and Ausonius, whose ribald verses are like monkish recreation; yet he had withal a pretty currency of honest silver Latin, Christian though he was. Sinister Street, vol. 1 As this pæan of triumph swelled into louder strain, the gladiators, awed by its strange power, paused amid their ribald jests, and even the lion hushed his hungry roar, and the tiger his angry growl. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs With the exception of the look-out man in the bows the crew were all aft, watching the outpaced war vessel and exchanging ribald jests at the expense of her commander. A Traitor's Wooing The pool was dry, the tiles that had formed its floor were prized apart with weeds; ribald wild grape-vines ran amuck hither and thither; and over all was a drenching-sweet scent of trailing honeysuckle. The Valiants of Virginia There were no ribald jests or courage buoyed up with alcohol; none of the fanciful pictures which imagination conjures up of soldiers going to a desperate charge. The Irish at the Front It was a ribald, not very intelligible song. The Underpup Sophy turned from the speaker with a sickening feeling of disgust at him and his ribald jest, and staggered back into the house. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. In speaking to him of the austere virtues of Karvel the Perfect and his wife, Mylio above all recommended to the juggler not to break out into gross and ribald jests, as was his wont. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades The ribald jests and coarse language of the soldiers were always addressed to these, there seeming to be a kind of respect for the bolder guerillas even in the hour of their captivity. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Well, if they had saloons, no doubt they sang ribald songs about Noah and his ark, and if they had theaters they likely acted it out, and mothers took their children to see it. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons He had unwittingly betrayed Ben to a ribald crew, but he had learned a thing it was well to know. Ewing\\'s Lady Yet the ribald farces still abound, and are even stimulated by the incipient religious reform. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Gerald caught but one glance at the ribald portrait, and then with a spring he seized and tore it into atoms. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Then at once, massively crowned with flowers, half supported by a flute girl, Alcibiades, ribald and importunate, staggered in. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Sometimes the press is eloquent, but it is oftener ribald or atrocious. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty These were the ribalds or letchers—a set of degraded hangers-on at the castle, lost to all self-respect and ready for any base deed that might be required of them. Women of England It would abhor all insults, on a writer dead, though it had borne with the ribaldry, or even set the ribalds on work, when he was alive. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Ask why that maid, all day, toils in the field, Associate with the rude and ribald clown, Even in the shrinking April of her youth? The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 The nights were ribald and the days were drear, for fever stalked the streets, but Inocencio was immune, and for the first time he enjoyed himself. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure They were singing ribald songs and the recitative, between the melodies was composed of oaths such as Jim had never heard. Frontier Boys in the South Seas They sang tawdry "popular" songs for the most part, breaking into a ribald ragtime ditty, followed by a sickly sentimental ballad. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant No more the 'Public' haunts for me, The drunkard's shout, the maddening glee, The ribald jokes, and songs, and laughter, The sickening pangs that follow after. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews The vulgar song, the ribald jest, Confusion, slang, and noise, The cheating game, the madd’ning draught— These are the drunkard’s joys. Doctor Bolus and His Patients She said and did things—an air of innocence hiding her malice—indecently ribald that shook his firmest efforts to appear, to be, unconcerned. The Bright Shawl She made ribald songs upon him, pelted him with green nuts, and mocked him in all sorts of ways. Pretty Michal What though men bandy everywhere The ribald jest and song? Second Book of Verse Pretending interest as a spectator, he would sometimes stand and watch, hearing the ribald jests, the slurs cast upon life, fortune, individuals in particular and in general by those who were wearily or hopelessly waiting. The "Genius" I can no longer get clothes and food and wine by telling a merry tale and singing a ribald song. Francezka He was seldom visited by the pathetic or the sublime—else had his genius held fast its integrity—been ribald to no ribald—and indignantly kicked to the devil both court and king. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Merchants grinned at him from their doorways; Dunlavey’s friends sneered as he passed or sent ribald jokes after him. The Coming of the Law When I wuz a boy, they taught me to eschew The godless, ribald vanities which modern youth pursue! Second Book of Verse Eugene hated coarse, vulgar women and ribald conduct, but he felt that he was not even permitted to see them at close range had he wanted to. The "Genius" On the mean statue of Queen Anne a scurrilous epigram was once written by some ribald Jacobite, who spoke of the queen— "With her face to the brandy-shop and her back to the church." Old and New London Volume I As they approached the shanties, a woman's voice was heard, raised in ribald song. The Plow-Woman Does Tristram mock Me through thy ribald wit? The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Sparrows rose in whirls from the dust and screeched ribald comments from the blooming magnolia trees. The Co-Citizens But it seemed as though Rosa would never leave her father, and the listening woman neither heard her husband's drunken jokes, nor the maid's ribald laughter that evening. Absolution The devil looks down in ribald triumph from above, and waves a rebel banner, on which, besides three coffins and a crown, is the motto, "A crown or a grave." Old and New London Volume I The "umbrella" of the Orl�ans family, which the ribald press of that day made the emblem of their royalty, still figures in the lampoons addressed to the present pretender. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 Nobody can turn with 269 watchful eye upon it and tell in what face the ribald gleam first breaks. The Bondboy They whispered and nudged each other and shouted ribald laughter. The Co-Citizens A mocking, ribald cheer arose from the men around me. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Soon it was also to be the site of La Friponne, the scene of the ribald revels of Bigot. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France In the course of events they were learning all about the matter, and some of the more ribald asked her jocular questions. The Peace of Roaring River He compliments some favourite author with an emphatic repetition of the ordinary eulogies, or shows conclusively that Montgomery was a sham poet, and Wycherley a corrupt ribald. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Here and there camp fires flickered, each the center of a ribald group of the hardy rivermen. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman It rained like the devil and I lounged in the bar with jockeys and sporting girls, listening to their ribald talk. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author The genuflexions of drunken sailors were seldom in honour of St. Joseph; and the ribald humours of visiting mariners profaned for a season the quiet rock of Quebec. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France But would he ever know the feel Of Spring again, of its ribald reel, As once I did, the best? Nirvana Days Music floated out—a distant blare of musical sounds, and the ribald laughter of giant voices. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 All wore blue cockades in their hats or carried blue flags, and from them went up a hoarse roar of oaths, shouts and ribald songs. Tales from Dickens The saloon rang with a discordant blending of curses aimed at the head of the unconscious visitor, and ribald jests at the expense of the absent gold discoverer. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The inhabitants shut themselves up in their houses while these bacchanals ran riot in the streets, bedecked in French and Indian finery, and making hideous both day and night with their ribald chansons. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France But when the bottles were well distributed the grumbling turned to ribald banter which made me shudder that it should fall upon Jetta's ears. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 She shouted a ribald jest as he went by. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 A sentimental tone, but there was in his expression a ribald flippancy that sent a shudder through me. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 As she laid Vanya’s last manuscript aside, under it she discovered one of her own––a cynical, ribald, pencilled parody which she remembered she had scribbled there in an access of malicious perversity. The Crimson Tide A Novel Presently words came from his lips at intervals, abrupt, disconnected, and now a ribald laugh, and now a tearful sigh. Dreamers of the Ghetto Julian was a well-known journalistic scribbler and ribald ballader of the time. The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V With rare discretion and spirit had the latter played, a queenly figure in that ribald, gross gathering. The Strollers That ribald laughter still floated upward as he made his departure, and the Judge was annoyed. Mixed Faces The ladies contemplated with merriment and ribald jests the dead bodies of the Protestants piled up before the Louvre. Henry IV, Makers of History Perhaps he had dared to put his divinity to the test, and the ribald Turk was even now gloating over the screams of the wretched self-deluded man. Dreamers of the Ghetto Logan raised his voice to repeat the words and to add a ribald comment. Nan of Music Mountain They left their sick behind them, to be nursed by those Christian Pilgrims whose piety had excited their ribald abuse. King Philip Makers of History You may fancy all England sounding with choruses, some ribald, some harmless, but all occasioning the consumption of a prodigious deal of fermented liquor. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Drunken wretches, besmeared with blood, were swaggering along the streets, with ribald jests and demoniac howlings, hunting for the Protestants. Henry IV, Makers of History The circle hunched closer, there was a ribald, taunting laugh from Ra-Jamba and Jung Sin glanced over his shoulder into a shadowed corner. When the Sleepers Woke No ceremony whatever attended this gruesome service, but it was generally accompanied by ribald jokes, at the expense of the poor "Johnny" they were "planting." War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Perhaps the more so from a half-consciousness that the glory of the office was declining, and that if the smallest opening were given, a ribald wit might create terrible havock amongst his darling idols. Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition In religion he was little better than a heathen; cracked ribald jokes at bigwigs and bishops, and laughed at High Church and Low. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The British had nothing but sneers at and ribald jokes about the American Navy. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Often the guard, with many a ribald comment, had to help him get his emptied bowl back up the ladder. In the Orbit of Saturn Jokes, or what passed in that crew for them, flew thickly, growing more ribald and suggestive as the girl stood, indifferent, and looked about her. Louisiana Lou A Western Story "Enough! you ribald hunchback," he cried; at which the Duke became uneasy. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Every decorative feature was hot, restless, irreverent, and cruel, quite the sort of avenue one might expect to find in his walk towards the glittering woman of the false and ribald drama. The Light of the Star A Novel When in Thy thirst, men heard Thee call, Thy lips were drenched with bitter gall; And to Thine ears the words were borne Of blasphemy and ribald scorn. Hymns from the East Being Centos and Suggestions from the Office Books of the Holy Eastern Church Scorning such ribald chaff, he had ordered a magnificent costume of chain armour. The Limit To this the English responded with insults and ribald words, and told her to "Go home and keep her cows." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History No man would have believed that the roaring, rollicking gang of cutthroats who tossed off their liquor in cheers and ribald laughter was identical with the grumbling, sour-faced crew of twenty hours before. The Black Buccaneer They surrounded her with many a fierce oath and ribald jest, and it was easy to see that they were jealous of her superior cleanliness of person and respectability of character. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life My friends, hear what I will ask of yon ribald. Mediaeval Tales While ardently loved by a devoted few in that tumultuous crowd, he is, to all the rest, an object of severest scorn, the butt of ribald jest. John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. There was no sound to disturb the solemn quiet of that temple of nature, save the ribald speech of the slave-hunters, mingled with fiendish curses. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives Ben knew, moreover, that his own life would be equally sure of being sacrificed to the resentment of the ribald crew, with whom he had formerly associated. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea “I can well imagine your sufferings at being a spectacle for a ribald crowd,” said William. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton Infamous ribald!" shouted the porter, "just before thy approach, the Emperor Jovinian, accompanied by the officers of his household, entered the palace. Mediaeval Tales I have not repeated their ribald talk in relation to her—their jesting innuendoes, their base hypotheses, and coldly brutal sneers whenever her chastity was named. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West I mean, there must be no ribald laughing at the poor wretches. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop That was how we described the most ribald outbursts of the anti-British sentiment. The Message From the camps of the workmen come ribald songs and jests, The presence of death has no effect on the living. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Some of the women were helping the men mend their clothes or clean their arms, and humming ribald songs. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere From afar off came the distant hum and roar of the city, but all around Joe was silence, broken, now and then, by the sound of ribald laughter from the occasional saloons. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles "To what unhappy woman are you referring in this ribald fashion?" Bones in London For number you exceed, for you have thirty ribald words for my one, and yet you bear a good spirit. A History of Elizabethan Literature He would get himself safely and expeditiously removed from the hateful company and the ribald comments of the Lawrence P. McGillicuddys and their friends. The Life of the Party He could be thoroughly and most entirely "good," while spitting forth his ribald irreverences against every pious dogma. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Chesterton wrote a ribald article in The Daily Herald on Mr. Henderson's attempt at intervention, saying in effect, How do you know that Beilis isn't guilty? G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study But it was a burst of shrill laughter, ribald, uncanny, undeniable, accompanying the shriek that gave him power of motion. Humorous Ghost Stories The silver moon ceases to roll in a sudden explosion of yells and laughter, sending up broken fragments of curses, ribald jeers, whoopings, and cat-calls, high into the night air. The Ghost He dreaded the prospect of ribald and derisive comments from chance fellow travellers upon a public transportation line. The Life of the Party All manner of ragged nondescripts blink at us out of their tragic resignation and hint at a ribald reciprocity of nature, making the whole world kin. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations She heard the shouting of the ribald crew as they passed down the road. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus His mad infatuation for her made him oblivious to the taunts and jeers of the villagers, who seldom saw him without making ribald allusion to the poem. Werwolves Courtlandt was not in the most amiable condition of mind, and a hint of the ribald would have instantly transformed a passive anger into a blind fury. The Place of Honeymoons How could she tell him that there was something in the man’s look that had disrobed her, something in his ribald laugh that had made her feel unclean? The Fighting Edge He was a ribald and a scoffer in the presence of much that the world holds sacred; but the most sacred thing of all—the sanity of human reason—has never been more splendidly defended. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He carries us by means of the careless expenditure of many passages of somewhat ribald beauty, along with him, captive to his pervasive charm. The Merry-Go-Round A verse of the ribald senseless lay of the player echoed above the banjo’s pert refrain: “Chicken in de bread tray, pickin’ up dough; Granny, will your dog bite? The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan At this moment shrill laughter and ribald songs came from the house near which Esperance stood. The Son of Monte-Cristo We can understand the ribald buffoonery of Lucian, who first invented this species of burlesque. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 We learn from Plutarch, that it was a favorite amusement with Antony and Cleopatra to ramble through the streets at night, and bandy ribald jests with the populace of Alexandria. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical It may, when it becomes ribald with a fanaticism far worse than any fanaticism of religion, assail and ridicule the hopes which, amidst much weakness, have made men noble for more than eighteen Christian centuries. Religion and Theology: A Sermon for the Times Preached in the Parish Church of Crathie, fifth September and in the College Church, St Andrews When his messages arrived from the White House they were thrown into the waste-basket without being read, amid jeers, hisses, curses, and ribald laughter. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan At this instant, like a chorus behind the scenes, there came the shouts of ribald laughter. The Son of Monte-Cristo The staying power and the fitness of things are on the side of those whom, with the ribald audacity of youth, they deride as slow-coaches. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 The hall resounded with ribald joke and merriment. John the Baptist From ten o'clock until three these Indians, with the missionaries, endured every abuse which wild frenzy and ribald vulgarity could clothe in words. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America “He was a ribald thing, and deserves no pity.” The Proud Prince But Clyde gathered up her skirts and fled, whirling up the veranda steps and into the house like a small cyclone, never pausing until a locked door lay between her and a ribald, unfeeling world. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters He had lived to see the leper colony grow from a ribald, obscene settlement to an orderly hospital where as much as was possible was done for the sufferers that were compelled to remain there. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. "You played on us long enough; now play for us," cried the ribald insulter. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Most of the lads of the town are coarse louts who pattern after their ribald elders, Jack. Blackbeard: Buccaneer I say it in all solemnity, Alexander, the natural bent of your mind is toward the ribald and cynical. Explorers of the Dawn Sometimes it would be a case where ignorant and ribald blasphemies would have to be met in the power of the peace of God. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians The profane suggestion is hailed with a burst of ribald laughter; after which they set about preparing the mascaras, and other disguises, to be used in their nefarious enterprise. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea |
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