down-and-dirty

1. (American informal) down-and-dirty behaviour is not pleasant or honest He ran a down-and-dirty political campaign.

2. (American informal) something that is down-and-dirty is shocking, often because it is connected with sex He likes his films down-and-dirty.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rhoda	RO-də (English)	Biblical, English
Franciszka	frahn-CHEESH-kah	Polish
RÁ&Eth;ÚLfr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
A&Eth;Alsteinn	-	Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Vladimir	vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian)	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Dudel	-	Yiddish