euphemism watch: "fashion health"

[Nancy Friedman]

In Japan, "fashion health industry" is a euphemism for sexual massage,
including fellatio, hand jobs, and frottage.



http://www.japansubculture.com/sexnomics-japans-billion-dollar-sex-industry-
and-the-pink-zone/



No indication of what the Japanese term is.



Also worth noting: "Sexnomics" and "pink zone" ("overwhelmingly legal except
when the authorities decide to make token crackdowns").



And on the usage front: "penultimate" to mean "the pinnacle of
ultimate-ness," an error so common I wonder whether it's even an error
anymore.



Nancy

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