blue film



blue film

A film that contains graphic sexual content. The use of "blue" to mean lewd or indecent dates from the mid-1800s, though the origin is unclear. A lot of kids at school got in trouble for trading blue films.
See also: blue, film

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hickey['hiki]
AbileneAB-i-leen (English), ab-i-LEE-nee (English)Biblical
PetrePE-tre (Romanian)Romanian, Macedonian, Georgian
Shaw (1)SHAWEnglish (Rare)
SanttuSAHNT-tooFinnish
TeijaTAY-yahFinnish