"B novel"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 3/8/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A "B novel" is just like a "B movie," except that it's a novel ! Cool !
>
>  http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bstbooks.htm#6 characterizes
>  Leonard B. Nason's 1929 adventure story, _The Man in the White Slicker_,
> as a "[h]ighly readable and exciting B Novel."
>
>   There are "B girls," too, because frequently portrayed in "B pictures."  Or so
> someone undoubtedly thinks, somewhere.

Not to be confused with "D girls" working in the "D pictures"?

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/d_girl/


--Ben Zimmer

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