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    A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.Spenser. Pope.Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was hispatron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wonderedat that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianlyand brutal. Earle.

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      a word mostly used by douche bags who want to sound smart, or by pseudo-thespian douche bags to make fancy-speak for a vulgar,mocking, abusive, comment–noun

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        Ribald language refers to sex in a rude but humorous way:

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          Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

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