Sidal

//ˈsaɪd(ə)l// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or involving a person's side (rather than the front or back). especially, humorous, not-comparable

    "full sidal nudity"

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"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."

Etymology

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

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