raunchy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Openly sexual in a rude or shocking way.

   The comedian's raunchy jokes made some people in the audience blush.

Of unknown etymology. Originally U.S. Army Air Corps slang; origins among cadets in Texas suggest a possible connection to Mexican Spanish rancho (see ranch), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864.

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