bodice ripper
noun/ˈbɒdɪs ˌɹɪpə/UK/ˈbɑdɪs ˌɹɪpɚ/US
Etymology
From the fact that the female protagonists in such novels would often have their bodices (blouses or corsets) removed with some force before sexual activity commenced.
Definitions
A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual…
A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual activity, especially one in which the female protagonist is seduced; (by extension) a film, television programme, etc., featuring such activity.
- My aunt would bring a stack of torrid bodice rippers with her to the beach, and would unfailingly blush if disturbed in her reading.
- Publishers call them hot historicals as opposed to either the virginal variety Barbara Cartland writes or to the bodice rippers "because that's usually what happens to the heroines," Price explained.
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