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2. Ribaldry - Wikipedia

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   Ribaldry. Ribaldry or blue comedy is humorous entertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to indecency. [1] Blue comedy is also referred to as "bawdiness" or being "bawdy". Like any humour, ribaldry may be read as conventional or subversive. Ribaldry typically depends on a shared background of sexual conventions and values, and its ...

3. There once was a man from Nantucket - Wikipedia

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   There once was a man from Nantucket. " There once was a man from Nantucket " is the opening line for many limericks, in which the name of the island of Nantucket creates often ribald rhymes and puns. The protagonist in the obscene versions is typically portrayed as well-endowed and hypersexualized. The opening line is so well known that it has ...

4. My Uncle Oswald - Wikipedia

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   0-7181-1864-2 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-14-005577-0 (paperback edition) OCLC. 5310105. My Uncle Oswald is a 1979 novel in the sex comedy genre written by Roald Dahl . The novel stars Uncle Oswald, a character who previously appeared in "The Visitor" and "Bitch", two short stories also written by Roald Dahl (and which can both be found in the ...

5. Catch up on the day’s stories: Beach reading, new AI ... - AOL

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   4️⃣ Parental burnout: A recent survey found that more than half of parents were feeling overwhelmed by the pressure cooker of everyday life. Experts suggest adjusting your expectations and ...

6. Fabliau - Wikipedia

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   The fabliau is defined as a short narrative in (usually octosyllabic) verse, between 300 and 400 lines long, [4] its content often comic or satiric. [5] In France, it flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries; in England, it was popular in the 14th century. [5] Fabliau is often compared to the later short story; Douglas Bush, longtime professor ...

7. The Ballad of Eskimo Nell - Wikipedia

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   The Ballad of Eskimo Nell. " The Ballad of Eskimo Nell " ( Roud 10124) is a bawdy rhymed poem or song that recounts the tale of Deadeye Dick, his accomplice Mexican Pete and a woman they meet on their travels named Eskimo Nell. The ballad makes frequent use of body-related terminology, with humorous consequences.

8. Little Birds (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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   Little Birds. Little Birds is Anaïs Nin 's second published work of erotica, which appeared in 1979 two years after her death, [1] but was apparently written in the early 1940s when she was part of a group "writing pornography for a dollar a day." [2] The book is a collection of thirteen short stories. The sexual topics covered are quite ...

9. Lewis Carroll - Wikipedia

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   The stammer has always been a significant part of the image of Dodgson. While one apocryphal story says that he stammered only in adult company and was free and fluent with children, there is no evidence to support this idea. Many children of his acquaintance remembered the stammer, while many adults failed to notice it.