Where Did Those Sex Terms Come From?
May, 1981
Afterglow--From the Bantu phrase afro glow (also afro sheen), which refers to the diffused light cast upon a bed by a lighted cigarette.Aphrodisiac--Vincent Aphrodeze was an enormously successful French oyster wholesaler and convicted swindler. Vincent's brother was the demented tailor "Three Sleeves" Aphrodeze, inventor of the Alsatian crotch and the Spanish fly.Blue balls--Named for the notorious Prudesca Bluebaltz, who, after reading the world's first and most inept sexual glossary,...
