A wonderfully expressive old Scottish word for bawdiness, gross behaviour, and general obscenity — covering everything from rude jokes to truly scandalous conduct.
A wonderfully expressive old Scottish word for bawdiness, gross behaviour, and general obscenity — covering everything from rude jokes to truly scandalous conduct. 'Sculduddery' has a gloriously indignant sound to it, as if the word itself disapproves. In Scots law it once had a technical meaning related to sexual immorality, but in broader usage it describes the kind of ribald, lowbrow humour and behaviour that made respectable people clutch their pearls. Today it's more likely to be deployed with affection than genuine moral outrage.
The comedy show was wall-to-wall sculduddery, and the audience loved every minute of it.
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(Scotland) Gross; bawdy; obscene.
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(Scotland) Grossness; bawdiness; obscenity.
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