locker room humor

Crude athletic jokes

Locker room humor is crude joking associated with male spaces like gym locker rooms—typically involving sex, bodily functions, or disparaging remarks about women.

The term often appears defensively to minimize offensive speech: It was just locker room humor.

The phrase gained prominence when used to excuse vulgar comments caught on tape.

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social register/propriety

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Courteous social discourse

clean comedy · civil discourse

comedic sophistication

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Understated, ironic humor

clever wordplay · drawing room comedy · subtle humor · bon mots · observational humor

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Broadcast communication system

formal speech · diplomatic language · children's entertainment

Family

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Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13