bluesie

English

Etymology

Compare blue (“pornographic”).

Noun

bluesie (plural bluesies)

1. (slang) Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“kind of pornographic comic book”)
   • 2014, M. Keith Booker, Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas, page 331:

     The lowest rung of this reactionary ladder supported the still-scandalous Bluesies or Tijuana Bibles, cheaply printed 8-page snippets of pornographic power fantasy […]