Tijuana Bible
Tijuana Bible · Tijuana Bibles
A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the…A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s.
Meaning
1 senses(slang)A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s.
Origin
From Tijuana, deriving from the incorrect belief that these were smuggled across the US-MeFrom Tijuana, deriving from the incorrect belief that these were smuggled across the US-Mexico border, plus Bible, used ironically in this context due to the publications' pornographic nature. Attested since the 1950s.
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