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'''Top Shelf''' is slang for "best" or "high quality". This term originated in [[England]].  It comes from the practice of keeping the best quality [[liquor]]s on the top shelf of a [[Bar (counter)|bar]].  This led to well-respected or upscale brands being referred to as "top shelf" brands.

In modern [[English]] parlance, the term top shelf [[magazine]] is used to refer to soft-core [[pornography]] sold through [[newsagents]].  These magazines are positioned so as to be inaccessible to minors (those under 18) and out of the normal line of sight of the majority of shoppers. Thus, in the [[UK]] softcore [[pornographic]] magazines (available through newsagents) are often referred to as to top shelf magazines.  Hard-core pornography is legally available only through licenced sex shops. 

[http://www.topshelfcomix.com '''Top Shelf Productions'''] is a publisher mainly of comic books.

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