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by softcell 1699 days ago
> in the textbook's opinion the correct English vocabulary should have been "blue movie", "blue picture", "blue magazine", and "blue book"

That instantly brought to mind Soft Cell's song "Seedy Films". It has the line "Blue films flicker / Hands of a stranger / Getting to know you / And I'm getting to like you". It would be amusing if that is a reference that got immortalized in your textbook.

Good song btw ;)