Q: "lake and stars", Victorian euphemism?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Jun 23 18:26:37 UTC 2009


A friend has asked me about the origins of "Lake and Stars, which
references an old Victorian euphemism for a woman's talent in
bed".  Very close to my friend's words (except for the
capitalization), but these are quoted from "Kenya's Style", on a line
of lingerie.
http://www.kenyasstyle.com/blogs/kenyasstyle/2009/06/todays-pick-the-lake-and-stars.html


Google Web seems swamped with pages where the context is underwear.

Joel

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