"oral sex" among the Victorians

[Chris Waigl]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:51:25 -0500, George Thompson typed:

> But to our muttons.  The OED's earliest citiation for "oral sex" is
> 1959, from the American Journal of Sociology.  A page of this album
> that holds 5 images, one, cut from some source, showing 2 fully
> clothed people kissing, and 4 obscene photos.  One of the photos has
> been cut to remove all the background that had surrounded the
> figures.  A corner of the remaining image is outlined with the
> words "oral sex", written 3 times.  The phrase appears again a bit
> to the left of the photo: an ornamental "O", the rest handwritten.
> Also connected with this particular photograph is the
> word "postillionage".  (p. 107)

In French, _postillonner_ (v.) and _postillonnage_ (n.) mean the
involuntary action of projecting droplets of saliva while speaking. I
can't find any erotic usage, though.

But the OED has:

postil(l)ion, v.
  slang.
  trans. To insert and manipulate a finger in the anus of (a sexual
partner) as a means of sexual excitement. Hence postil(l)ioning
vbl. n. 1888 tr. Tableaux Vivants xi. 95 The fair houri was
postillioning me. 1969 G. LEGMAN Oragenitalism i. 90 Postillioning
can best be done by the middle finger

Chris Waigl
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