Tijuana adj.
used in combs. to imply negative Mexican stereotypes, spec. the era when US citizens saw Tijuana, Mexico, as the vice capital of Central America.
In compounds
a small, illustrated pornographic book.
in Cttee on Judiciary 374: The most prevalent [pornographic literature] would be the type known to us, or in the language of the people who deal in it, as the Tijuana Bible, whichis a small booklet about 2 by 3 inches, of a cartoon type, that is very lewd and very obscene in its character. | ||
Sacramento Bee (CA) 11 Aug. 26/3: The clamor over the Dictionary of American Slang [...] whether it’s a Tijuana Bible (a pornographic item) or a real gasser (an exceptional work). | ||
Duke of Deception (1990) 117: The cards were kept in a cigar box with an eight-page Tijuana bible that spelled tit tut. | ||
Dict. of Invective (1991) 293: Tijuana Bible, a pornographic book. | ||
(con. c.1970) Phantom Blooper 146: My dream girl has turned out to be just another flat-chested hustler with a brassiere stuffed full of Tijuana Bibles. | ||
Fortress of Solitude 430: He manufactured custom porn, home made Tijuana Bibles. | ||
Lush Life 141: Assorted fetish magazines and reproduced Tijuana biles. | ||
Pulling a Train’ [ebook] Schoolkids still read those little Tijuana Bibles, the eight page mini-comics featuring Joe palooka with a dick the size of a schooner’s mast. | Introduction in
diarrhoea, esp. when contracted on holiday.
Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: Tijuana cha-cha n. Diarrhoea. See sour apple quickstep. |
(US gay) a Hispanic homosexual.
Queens’ Vernacular 29: Mexican homosexual [...] Tijuana queen (said of one especially trashy). |
(US) a run to the lavatory when suffering a sudden attack of diarrhoea.
Queens’ Vernacular 197: Tijuana racetrack the diarrhea run from bed to bucket. | ||
Maledicta IX 59: Tijuana racetrack n [R] Diarrhea run; homosexual slang. |
(US) a police car.
CB Slanguage. | ||
Humboldt Republican (IA) 21 Jan. 2/2: Tijuana taxi — Police car bristling with lights and markings. |