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  • 31Rationale of the Dirty Joke — American social critic and folklorist Gershon Legman s Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor was first published by Grove Press in 1968; was later reprinted in hardcover by Indiana University, was years out of print until it… …

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  • 32epithalamium — epithalamic /ep euh theuh lam ik/, adj. /ep euh theuh lay mee euhm/, n., pl. epithalamiums, epithalamia / mee euh/. epithalamion. * * * or epithalamion Nuptial song or poem in honour or praise of a bride and bridegroom. In ancient Greece such… …

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  • 33smut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. soot, smudge, spot, blemish; dirt, filth, pornography; fungus, rot, mildew. See impurity. v. blacken, sully, smudge. See uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Filth] Syn. dirt, muck, grime; see filth .… …

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  • 34vulgarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bad taste Nouns 1. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism; offense, bad taste; inelegance, indelicacy; gaucherie, ill breeding, discourtesy, incivility; coarseness, indecorum, boorishness; rowdyism,… …

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  • 35obscenity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state or quality of being obscene] Syn. salacity, vulgarity, scurrility; see lewdness . 2. [That which is obscene] Syn. vulgarity, impropriety, smut; see curse 1 , indecency 2 , pornography . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 36Vulgarity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Bad taste. < N PARAG:Vulgarity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vulgarity vulgarity vulgarism Sgm: N 1 barbarism barbarism Vandalism Gothicism| =>! Sgm: N 1 mauvis gout mauvis gout bad taste Sgm: N …

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  • 37βωμολοχικόν — βωμολοχικός inclined to ribaldry masc acc sg βωμολοχικός inclined to ribaldry neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 38-ry — suffix = ERY (infantry; rivalry). Etymology: shortened f. ERY, or by analogy * * * rē, ri noun suffix ( es) Etymology: Middle English rie, from Old French, short for erie ery …

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  • 39Assent — As*sent , n. [OE. assent, fr. assentir. See {Assent}, v.] The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. [1913 Webster] Faith is the assent to any… …

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  • 40Balderdash — Bal der*dash, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.] 1. A worthless mixture, especially of… …

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