"oral sex" among the Victorians

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:05 PM -0500 1/4/06, George Thompson wrote:
>And indeed, in the photo, this is exactly what he is doing to her,
>while she administers the OS to him.
>
>GAT
>
>George A. Thompson
>Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
>Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
>
>...

I like the "OS" abbreviation.  Gives a whole new range of
interpretations to "OS X" et al.

>  >
>>  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
>>  the things I learn here
>>