It appears that in the male’s endless and drooling search for sexual gratification, the breasts seem to act as beacons. Particularly in Western culture they are a means of enchantment, to some they possess magical qualities. They do, however, seem to be revered beyond rationality. Much has been written, sculpted, …
Ah, yes, the ever-intriguing “poop-noddy.” Let’s delve into this linguistic gem with the grace of a drunken hippopotamus at a porcelain buffet, shall we? First, the OED definition. Now, the OED is like the dictionary equivalent of a museum curator explaining why grandma’s dusty doorknob collection is historically significant. They …
In 1938 an unamed pedestrian was struck on the head, and subsequently died from a stone phallus falling from one of the statues adorning the headquarters of the British Medical Association at 429 Strand. The building featured a series of 8 foot sculptures representing “The Ages of Man”, produced …
All through the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church through its priests and bishops consistently preached that there was only one form of marital sex: husband above and wife below; and it was only for procreation. But what about the armadillo`s I hear you ask? Read on and all will be …
The appalling Roman emperor Caligula (12 – 41 AD) had a somewhat novel approach to foreplay according to the historian Suetonius in his De Vita Caesarum (121 AD). Caligula would invite attractive aristocratic couples to dine with him. Then during a pause in conversation he would sidle over …
“Used in present-day English chiefly by America speakers as a synonym for the aubergine, aubergine was originally applied specifically to the white-skinned, egg-shaped variety of the vegetable. This was in the mid-eighteenth century (available evidence suggests that the term predates aubergine by about 30 years). By the middle of the …
The first authenticated shag in an aeroplane took place on November 10th, 1916. Lawrence Sperry ,under the guise of giving flying lessons to the wealthy socialite Mrs Waldo Polk, became the first couple to join the fraternal order of the Mile High Club.They were indulging in a version of physical …
Despite the fact that every other shop in most cities seems to be a bloody Starbucks (or something similar), this is not a modern day occurrence.In the 17th century, London had over one thousand establishments catering to a strange new craze imported from Arabia in the early months of 1615. …
In Dell Richards excellent Lesbian Lists (1990), he trawled through old medical journals for ways to spot a lesbian. This was the advice given by the doctors of the day. 1800s. In the “Gay 90s”, that is, the 1890s, a sure sign of a lesbian was a woman who smoked …
One of the subjects I looked at in my new book A Splendidly Smutty Dictionary of Sex was something that I was always intrigued about – Falsies These first appeared in 19th century Paris in the form of a device known as the Bust Improver, which consisted of wool pads …
