dirty joke

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dirty joke

A joke, story, or anecdote characterized by lewd, smutty, or otherwise indecent subject matter. My grandmother was the sweetest old lady imaginable, but she had this curious fondness for telling dirty jokes.
See also: dirty, joke
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dirty joke

A smutty story, as in Teenagers love to tell dirty jokes. The use of dirty in the sense of "obscene" or "indecent" dates from the late 1500s, but its application to a joke began only in the 20th century. The same sense also appears in such expressions as dirty book, for a pornographic book; dirty old man, for a middle-aged or elderly lecher; and dirty word or talk dirty, for a lewd, offensive expression or sexually explicit conversation.
See also: dirty, joke
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

dirty joke

1. n. an obscene joke. 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.
See also: dirty, joke
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • language that could/would fry bacon
  • language that would fry bacon
  • curse like a trooper
  • trooper
  • swear like a trooper
  • swear like a trooper, to
  • cuss like a trooper
  • film
  • blue film
  • blue movie
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