Definition
Best, or high quality.
Describing books, magazines, or movies that have adult content or softcore pornography.
Origins
* (US: best, or high quality): Possibly from the higher quality, thus more expensive, thus less often used liquors being stored on the less accessible top shelf behind a wet bar. * (British: material with adult content): Such material is often stored on the top shelf in a newsagent's shop, where it is both less visible and harder to reach without being seen.
In Context
- "I bought a bottle of top shelf whiskey."
- "Most of the band used to buy Autotrader to read on the various bus and plane journeys, but Barry would always turn up with a copy of Underwear Unlimited or some other seedy little top-shelf mag."
Also Said As
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- pog
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