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  • Home
  • About
  • Articles
    • Sex History
    • Sex Worker Voices
    • LGBTQ History
    • Sex Workers Timeline
    • Sex Talk
    • Whore Law of Yore: How New South Wales decriminalised sex work 1979-1995 by Eurydice Aroney
    • Timeline of British Law and Sex Work
  • Kate’s Blog
  • Vintage Erotica
    • Parisian Sex Workers 1930s
    • Erotic Literature
    • Erotic Art
    • 1800s
    • 1900-1950
    • 1950-2000
    • History of Burlesque
    • Delta of Venus Archives
  • Sex Worker Rights
  • Word Of The Day
  • Friends and Allies
  • Historical Hotties
  • Recommended Reading
  • Quizzes
Word of the Day Archive
Do you know your 'Silent Beard' from your 'Beard Splitter'? If we asked to 'Whitewash your Kidneys' after you 'Sneezed in the Cabbage', and 'Slung our Jelly' would you know what to do?

Then we're here to help. As if we needed any more evidence that sex has long been a rich source of humour, here is a roundup of our favourite 'Word of the Day'.

​All genuine words and phrases recorded in various historical dictionaries, ranging from the middle ages to the 1990s. Now, prepare for your oily balsamic injection, whilst we bake potatoes - you may need a piss-quick first. 

All the images used here are kindly supplied by Tyne and Wear Museum Archives. You can see their collection of Victorian criminal mugshots here