Tijuana Bible
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Tijuana bible
=== Etymology ===
From 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.
=== Noun ===
Tijuana Bible (plural Tijuana Bibles)
(slang) A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s.
Synonyms: blue bible, bluesie, eight-pager, Jo-Jo book, Tillie and Mac book, two-by-four
=== References ===
“Tijuana bible n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present