indecent vs near the knuckle

indecent

adj
  • Offensive to good taste. 

  • Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene. 

  • Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly. 

near the knuckle

prep
  • Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety. 

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