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Alan Ritchson (and Justin Hartley)
(Not about language, but about shirtless actors, mostly in underwear.) An episode of Smallville that came by in reruns this morning featured hunky actor Alan Ritchson as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, a...
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Swiss shirtlessness
From Amanda Walker, this link to a piece from The Local: Switzerland’s News in English, on “In Pictures: Shock! Farmers in underpants are models!”. Ok, it combines Switzerland (one of my two ancestral...
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This year’s Santa skivvies
(Not a lot about language.) Time for this year’s bulletin on the Santa Skivvy run in Boston: On the 2012 run, here and here. Not a lot to say about skivvies. From NOAD2: trademark underwear, esp. a...
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Lateral flash thong
(Mostly, but not entirely, about men’s underwear.) On Facebook, a link passed on by Matthew Melmon to a June 13th posting on the Metro (U.K.) website, “Amazing news! Now you too can own this...
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Homage to Marky / Mark
(The first of two postings with vanishingly little linguistic comment, but plenty of appreciation of male bodies, plus material on the projection of sexuality in photographs. Not technically X-rated,...
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Mad Bum
Following on the World Series triumphs of San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the Jockey underwear people have taken advantage of his nickname Mad Bum to produce this double entendre...
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Who-liday specials
Not one, but two. First, a special offer from the BBC Doctor Who Shop. And a special holiday event at the Universal Orlando Resort, featuring Dr. Seuss’s Grinch and the Whos of Whoville. The Doctor Who...
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Rainbow postings
Added this morning, a Page with lists of postings on the rainbow as a gay symbol: on rainbow food, on rainbow underwear, and on other uses of the rainbow flag. I’ll add to these lists as new postings...
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Hunky mysteries of identity
(Minimal linguistic interest, lots of male skin.) From Michael Nieuwenhuizen, with a gasp, this cock-tease photo: (#1) I dreamt I went on the internet in my Dolce & Gabbana briefs. Appreciative...
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Valentine moose-knuckle
(Not much about language) From Channel 1 Releasing, an ad for a Valentine Day’s special of porn: Puns are a standard feature of Valentine Day’s greetings: here heart-on (referring to the heart-covered...
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From the Oscar watch
I don’t watch the Oscars shows, but you can’t avoid being exposed to information about them and images from them. So this shot of host Neil Patrick Harris (apparently in an allusion to the movie...
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Color and advertising your preferences
In my e-mail, a flagrantly gay ad for the men’s underwear site Daily Jocks, offering (among other things) wildly colorful Andrew Christian items and the Identity line from Curbwear, which allows the...
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Dirk Caber
(Some frank talk about (gay) sex, but no X-rated images. Not a lot about language, but some.) Over on AZBlogX, I’ve just posted on cumshots (images of ejaculation) and (gay) cumfaces (photos of men...
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The abs/junk buddies
(Not really about language.) For the holiday weekend, the Daily Jocks site offers a new Neon range from the Male Basics company. Neon Yellow, the seriously butch, threatening guy on the right, says to...
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The Diamond Sweat Short, with caption
The latest offering from Daily Jocks: the Diamond Sweat Short from SupaWear, now provided with a caption: Todd insists on the right Equipment for the job.
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Get ready for an ambush…
(On the underwear and gay sex beat, not much about language.) The heading on yesterday’s ad from the Daily Jocks people, with this arresting image: The ad copy: Presenting the all new Ambush Singlet...
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It just got bigger
From the Daily Jocks people, announcing a sale (the savings just got bigger) and also toying with the idea of penis enlargement. And then there’s a point about the semantics / pragmatics of just, which...
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Happy Ending
(On the language of sex — but with a fair amount of sex, so this posting might not be to everyone’s taste.) “Happy Ending” was the header on this e-mail from the Daily Jocks people yesterday,...
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Surprise!
Yesterday’s offer from the Daily Jocks people, with an intriguing pose and facial expression. I’ve supplied a caption. I came back from lunch and There he was, posing expectantly on My couch, in his...
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Waterside trio
(Not about language.) The latest from the Daily Jocks people: Killer abs and pecs: A dance for three Tony Oblivious to his Effect on men Dominates the beach Billy Despairing Wrests his gaze Away from...
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