sexsational

English

Etymology

Blend of sex +‎ sensational

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sexsational (comparative more sexsational, superlative most sexsational)

1. (slang) Very sexy or sexual; characterised by brash, overt sexuality.
   • 1973, Penthouse:

     Sexsational exotic colour-packed catalogue featuring devastating cleavage bras...

   • 1997, Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street:

     It was the small-ads page of the only mucky paper that Northern Ireland produced, a paper with sexsational stories about mythical locals...

   • 2000, Bruce W Sanford, Don't shoot the messenger:

     In the 1990s only the new breed of "sexsational" stories — the John Bobbitt, OJ Simpson and Monica Lewinsky melodramas — permit them to cobble together something temporarily resembling a mass audience.

   • 2006, Stephen Orr, Hill of Grace:

     "You've seen her sexsational dance?" "That I'm not ready for."