two by four
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Meaning · English
Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“kind of pornographic comic book”).
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] the movie plot of Superman II, in which Superman and Lois Lane work up to a sexual liaison (which was seen before 1960 only in “two by fours” and similar pornographic comic strips.).
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “two by four” mean?
Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“kind of pornographic comic book”).
Is “two by four” formal or informal?
two by four is generally slang.