Comstock
Anti-vice crusader name
Comstock refers to Anthony Comstock, a 19th-century American moral crusader who campaigned against obscenity, contraception, and anything he deemed indecent.
The Comstock laws, passed in 1873, criminalized sending "obscene" materials through the mail—including information about birth control.
As an adjective or verb, comstock describes aggressive moral censorship or the impulse to suppress sexual content: The book was comstocked before it could reach readers.
Excessively concerned with propriety
- moralisticProne to lecturing others
- obscenity lawsLegal restrictions on offensive expression
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- vice squadPolice targeting illegal indulgences
banned books · indecency · censorship · puritanical · repressive · contraband · seizure · prosecution
Mineral-rich rock seam
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- Virginia CityNevada mining town
- NevadaSilver State out west
vein · shaft · tunnel · prospecting · claim · assay · smelting · excavation
prudish
Excessively concerned with propriety
- moralisticProne to lecturing others
- obscenity lawsLegal restrictions on offensive expression
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
vice squad · banned books · indecency · censorship · puritanical · repressive · contraband · seizure · prosecution
lode
Mineral-rich rock seam
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- Virginia CityNevada mining town
Nevada · vein · shaft · tunnel · prospecting · claim · assay · smelting · excavation · drilling
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- Western TownsTombstone, Deadwood, Dodge, Abilene, Virginia City
- Mining SitesSutter's Mill, Virginia City, Gold Hill, Kimberley, Donbas
- BioShockColumbia, plasmids, Elizabeth, Jack, EVE
- Red River RegionRed River, Fargo, Grand Forks, Winnipeg, Breckenridge
- Nevada ParksGreat Basin, Big Bend
Comstockpermissive
Tolerant, lacking strictness
libertine · free expression · anti-censorship · permissiveness · sexual liberation
ComstockHugh Hefner
Margaret Sanger · Emma Goldman · Wilhelm Reich · Lenny Bruce · Henry Miller
ComstockEmma Goldman
Margaret Sanger · Planned Parenthood · Wilhelm Reich · sex-positive · libertine
- Comstock LodeFamous Nevada ore deposit