Definition of bawdy | Bee Dictionary of English

n lewd or obscene talk or writing
they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy
s humorously vulgar
bawdy songs

Originally the music of the lower class, complete with bawdy lyrics and sexually suggestive dancing, dangdut was cleaned up in the late 1970s and '80s when it was popularized by .
Set in a London flat and a psychiatrist's office, the play contains social chitchat, a bawdy ballad and a couple of interlocking triangles.
Colbert, 41, is the bawdy counterweight to cable-news talking heads who each night, just a few channels away, deliver a fresh supply of material for parody.

The Colonial Players’ Taking Steps
This frothy farce reflects on commitment as characters at crossroads take literal and figurative steps British farces are not usually my cup of tea ; I find madcap, bawdy romps to be silly and exhausting. But Alan Ayckbourn’s Taking Steps is a delightful summer infusion of iced chai: more cool and spicy than hot and saucy, with suspenseful plot twists to make it fun. Colonial Players’ production ...
June 13, 2013 - Bay Weekly
Colonial Players’ Taking Steps
This frothy farce reflects on commitment as characters at crossroads take literal and figurative steps Jane C. Elkin British farces are not usually my cup of tea ; I find madcap, bawdy romps to be silly and exhausting. But Alan Ayckbourn’s Taking Steps is a delightful summer infusion of iced chai: more cool and spicy than hot and saucy, with suspenseful plot twists to make it fun. Colonial ...
June 13, 2013 - Bay Weekly
The art of the striptease: Burlesque troupe makes home at Plano theater
Photo courtesy of BellaLuna Rose Photography - The bawdy bravado of burlesque will be on full display June 20 at the Arts Centre Theatre in Plano. A group of Dallas-area performers has made the theater its unofficial home, performing semi-monthly shows since February.
June 7, 2013 - Plano Courier

Kevin Smith in Pittsburgh Channel.com
On this movie, we were terrified that we were going to get an NC-17 again and we were gearing up for a long battle with the MPAA,Smith said. "As bawdy and raucous as 'Clerks' is, with 'Clerks II' we're doing things that are way, way beyond...
Antonin Scalia in San Jose Mercury News
So bawdy jokes are OK, if they're really good,Justice Antonin Scalia cracked, to more laughter.
Li Datong in Washington Post
...an article in the Communist Party Central Committee's official magazine, Li Changchun, a senior member of the ruling Politburo, said the leadership must "resolutely clear out the bawdy pornography."