dirty joke

dirty joke
A joke with a morally objectionable or obscene punchline.

The old woman left the concert because she was disgusted with the comedians dirty jokes.


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  • dirty joke — 1. n. an obscene joke. □ Fred told a dirty joke that shocked almost everyone. □ No dirty jokes around here. We get enough of that on television. 2. n. a very ugly or very stupid person. □ Look at that face. That’s a dirty joke …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • dirty joke — noun an indelicate joke • Syn: ↑dirty story, ↑blue joke, ↑blue story • Hypernyms: ↑joke, ↑gag, ↑laugh, ↑jest, ↑jape …   Useful english dictionary

  • dirty joke — n. rude joke, joke containing crude or sexual content …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Rationale 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… …   Wikipedia

  • Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined —   …   Wikipedia

  • joke — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, absurdity, anecdote, antic, badinage, bagatelle, banter, bauble, be merry with, bean, belly laugh, bibelot, bijouterie, bit, blue story, bon mot, brass farthing, buffoon …   Moby Thesaurus

  • joke — joke1 W3S2 [dʒəuk US dʒouk] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: jocus] 1.) something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick ▪ Do you know any good jokes? joke about ▪ a joke about absent minded professors ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • joke — 1 noun (C) 1 STH FUNNY something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick: Do you know any good jokes? | Don t get mad it was only a joke! | crack/make a joke (=say something funny) | tell a joke (=tell a short… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dirty story — noun an indelicate joke • Syn: ↑dirty joke, ↑blue joke, ↑blue story • Hypernyms: ↑joke, ↑gag, ↑laugh, ↑jest, ↑jape …   Useful english dictionary

  • dirty — dirtily, adv. dirtiness, n. /derr tee/, adj., dirtier, dirtiest, v., dirtied, dirtying, adv. adj. 1. soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry. 2. spreading or imparting dirt; soiling: dirty smoke. 3. vile; mean; sordid; contemptible: to… …   Universalium

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