ribaldry means joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
ribaldry is pronounced /ˈɹɪb.əl.dɹi/.
Why “ribaldry” is a great word
RIBALDRY — [Noun] Coarse, vulgar humor expressed in language or behavior, characterized by its lewdness and joking intent. From Middle English ribaldrie, from Old French ribaulderie, ribauderie, from ribaud (a low, licentious person) + -erie (denoting a condition or practice). Unlike bawdy, which suggests a hearty, unrefined mirth, or salacious, which implies a prurient, humorless obsession, ribaldry is humor forged in the low places. It is the carpenter's crude pun in a smoky tavern, the scribbled caricature in a monastery's margin, and the leering aside from a character in a morality play—a fleeting, democratic fire against the chill of decorum.
noun
- Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.“Playes are the nurseries of vice, the bawd, / That thorow the senses steales our hearts abroad, / Tainting our eares with obscæne bawdery, / Lascivious words, and wanton ribaulry.”