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bonkbuster, n. Chiefly Brit. (colloq. and humorous).
Brit. |ˈbɒŋkˌbʌstə|, U.S. |ˈbɔŋkˌbəstər|, |ˈbɑŋkˌbəstər|
[‹ bonk n. + -buster (in block-buster n. at block n. Compounds 3).]
A type of popular novel characterized by frequent explicit sexual encounters between the characters.
Popularized by the British writer Sue Limb (b. 1946), writing under the pseudonym ‘Dulcie Domum’, in her humorous newspaper column ‘Bad Housekeeping’ (1990–2001): see quot. 1988.
1988‘Dulcie Domum’ in Guardian 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 6/4 Publisher..[enquires] about progress of blockbuster. Or as spouse now refers to it, bonk-buster... Grab pen, and whisk Charlotte Beaminster from jacuzzi to bathroom window, from which she glimpses new gardener: stocky, balding Slav, with magnetic eyes and masterful manner with turnips. Feel at last bonkbuster is on the road. 1991Daily Express 7 Feb. 26/4 This is 1991's first bonkbuster, offering us refined versions of sexual perversions that the author's passe rival Jackie Collins could only dream about. 1994Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 3/2 Middlemarch, featuring no explicit sex and only sporadic shopping, could not be described as a bonkbuster. 2000D. Brooks Bobos in Paradise 197 We have these high-toned sex journals in the finest bookstores, but old-fashioned Harold Robbins-style bonkbusters are déclassé. |