Escort Service Glossary

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/28/2008 12:07 PM, Baker, John wrote:
>         Maybe I should have included an emoticon. :)   "Head," "john,"
>and "madam" were among the terms I took to be sufficiently well-known
>that most people would not need a glossary.

Yes -- I just wondered, being unable to remember when I first heard
"suck" used in a similar sense (or for that matter in the
"contemptible or disgusting" sense), whether it might have replaced "head".  :)

Joel



>John Baker
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>At 3/28/2008 01:32 AM, Baker, John wrote:
> >In an escort service prosecution (this is the Sen. Vitter case, not the
>
> >Gov. Spitzer case), a detective has provided a two-page glossary of
> >escort service terminology.  Some of the terms are not exactly opaque
> >("head" = oral sex; is this one new to you?),
>
>Not new to me -- isn't "head" the 50s "suck"?
>
>Joel
>
> >but some were new to me, such as attempts (to reach orgasm), cover (a
> >condom), CBJ (Covered Blow Job, oral sex with a condom), and PSE (Porn
> >Star Experience).  The glossary is available at
> >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0327081palfrey1.html.
> >
> >
> >John Baker
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