sidal

English

Etymology

side + -al, in humorous reference to frontal. Used since at least the 1970s.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sīd-(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈsaɪd(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd(ə)l

Adjective

sidal (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, especially of nudity) Of or involving a person's side (rather than the front or back).
    full sidal nudity
    • 1977, New Times:
      In television, the final refuge of Victorianism, eroticism is the great no-no. "I have coined the expression: 'At NBC, we don't show frontal, backal or sidal nudity,'" Traviesas says.

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