Blue Films
Hi there,I'm new to the word origins forum, but I was wondering if anyone here knew of the derivation of the term "blue films" to describe pornographic films. I haven't been able to find it with...
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In seems Blue Law, blue joke and blue story use blue the same way as blue film. Would knowing the which of these was coined first help in finding an etymology?edit: Upon further reading it appears...
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These postings add a little of interest, especially the theory about the French books:group/alt.usage.englishin Chinese yellow is used as blue is in English to mean obscene; e.g. a yellow movie is the...
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In seems Blue Law, blue joke and blue story use blue the same way as the subject. Would knowing the which of these was coined first help in finding a valid etymology?If we had an actual citation of...
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HERE is a list of the Blue Laws. Some are pretty interesting. It appears that the Blue Laws predates the immoral definition of blue by nearly two cetnuries. Could the meaning have flipped over that...
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Once again we need to bear in mind the distinction between the name and the thing. The original title page shown at that wiki page does not contain the word "blue"; the laws may date to 1656 but when...
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I've only heard of the term "bluenose" applied to people from Nova Scotia, after their storied, racing schooner. I suppose it was used before then; was "blue-blood" possibly of similar origin?
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Interesting information about the blue cloth and blue clothing. Gives a little added 'wrinkle' to the song My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown from the musical Irene, written, I think, in 1918 or...
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"Blue-blood" derives from Spanish (sangre azul) and is generally thought to derive from the bluish appearance of veins under the fair skin of the upper-class Castilians (who didn't labor under the sun...
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Quote:Interesting information about the blue cloth and blue clothing. Gives a little added 'wrinkle' to the song My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown from the musical Irene, written, I think, in 1918 or...
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Bryson (Made in America, publ Black Swan in the UK, don't know who in the US) suggests a connection to "blue laws" concerning regulations about personal morality in Connecticut in 1781, so called...
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I never thought about "blue blood" having a Spanish origin, Dr. Tecquie (oh i love that image of you with an 18-inch cigarette holder! ;-) Thanks for that item. A friend tells me that Portuguese who...
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Aye, there have been Jews in Iberia a long time, long before there were Christians anywhere.
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(oh i love that image of you with an 18-inch cigarette holder! ;-)You mean this image?
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And here's me thinking ...I was tempted to say "Hmmm. You don't look all that pensive," but thought better of it. There are some people even evil geniuses don't want to cross.
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A wise move. So here, for your eyes alone, is a cross-section of my brain.www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/3951/femalebrain.gif
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I found the following link to a site with a well-researched article about the history of pornographic films:www.filmsite.org/sexualfilms3.htmlThis page is not the first page of the article, however,...
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It's already been well documented in this thread that the use of "blue" to mean smutty or indecent goes back to the 19th century, way back before the Hays code. If you insist on ingnoring this fact...
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www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/bluenose/ch1.asp?SearchList1=1&Language=EnglishAnyone from or who has traveled to Nova Scotia would be familiar with the word 'blue'.
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