raunch

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  1. noun Slang Lewdness; vulgarity; obscenity.
  2. noun Slang Material or a performance that is sexually explicit or evocative: "Audiences are still astonished when she goes for the raunch” (Katrine Ames).

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  • Goldfrapp's decision to ditch the tiresome electro-raunch in favour of a more folky sound paid off. —  The Music Fix
  • Slapstick raunch-com Adventureland landed in sixth place with $6 million. —  Cinema Blend Feeds
  • But it has more in common with arthouse teen films like "Ghost World" and "Y Tu Mama Tambien" than recent mainstream raunch-fests.
  • [ "Spider Gal" poses outside the 'raunch' party for "Secret Identity", a book about Superman fetishist art, in New York last night; image via istolethetv's Flickr.] —  Gawker
  • Midnites for Maniacs triple feature, interprets 'favorite' literally: the 1991 raunch-com might not surface on any highbrow top-10 lists, but it's likely no scholar loves —  GreenCine Daily
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