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sexational, a. slang (orig. U.S.).|sɛkˈseɪʃənəl|
Also sexsational.
[Blend of sex n. and sensational a.]
Sexually sensational. So seˈxationalism.
1927Time 16 May 39 Newspaper sensationalism has developed into sex-ationalism. 1928Daily Express 30 July 3/3 You send us films of sexational novels and pornographic plays, which our censors cut to pieces. 1937Time 27 Dec. 30/2 Sexational, robustious Cinemactress Mae West appeared on a commercial broadcast for the first time in four years. 1957R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy viii. 213 Their authors' favourite descriptive epithet for them is ‘sexational’. 1968Punch 29 May 789/3 These are the qualities that save the film from being what Variety often calls ‘sexsational’. 1976West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 Dec. 3/2 (Advt.), 1st Blackpool showing of the Sexsational Highway through the Bedroom (X). |