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Slang for gay men

slang for gay men

Part of the fun of researching 1920’s and 1930’s Queer subculture in Brand-new York City was coming across a wide variety of specialized slang and coded terms that flourished among homosexual men and women of the time.  Some of these terms are solely of their time, some have survived into the modern era, albeit often with modified meanings.

Not surprisingly, for a social group that for the most part did not conduct themselves openly in society, a lot of these terms constitute a kind of confidential language available only to those “in the club”.  They describe sexual preferences and types, as skillfully as particular places and activities important to homosexuals of the time.

Folding these terms into the libretto of “Speakeasy – The Adventures of John and Jane Allison in the Wonderland” was a lot of fun.  For the most part the interpretation of the words should be clear in context.  However a little confusion can be fun too, as in this moment, when John Allison eavesdrops on a trio of Gay Florists and Julian Carnation:

FLORIST 1:

You can preserve 42nd Street.  Give me the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

 

FLORIST 2:

You and your seafood, Violet!

 

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LGBTQIA+ Slurs and Slang

TermContextual noteTime/Region Referencesace queen1970s term essence “great queen”. Prison slang for a man who wears a more “feminine” look i.e. shaved legs, plucked eyebrows. May be described as part of incarcerated homosexual culture. Should not be confused with the more widely-used phrase "ace," a shortening of "asexual." See "asexual." UK, USA, 1970s Mosca de Colores – Gay Dictionary alphabet peopleOffensive contemporary designation for LGBTQ+ people, often used by right-wing people reacting to perceived advancements in LGBTQ+ people's rights. 2020s- Green's Dictionary of Slang - https://greensdictofslang.com/ bathroom queen

bog queen

Gay slang utterance for people who frequent public toilets looking for sexual encounters.

Synonyms: Bathsheba (composition between bathroom and Sheba to create a name reminiscent of the Queen of Sheba), Ghost (50s, ghost, because they wander the corridors of the bathroom).

USA, UK Mosca de Colores – Gay Dictionary batting for the other teamA euphemistic phrase indicating that someone (of any gender) is gay. This phrase is not a slur or especially

AIDS Terrorist - Someone who is HIV+ and who knowingly engages in unsafe sex.

 

B & D - Bondage and discipline. A milder form of S & M which involves one partner existence at least constrained.

Baby Dyke - A young or inexperienced lesbian, particularly of high school or college age.

Bareback - The drill of having anal sex without using a barrier method of a condom. As in skin-to-skin sex or raw sex.

Basket - A man's crotch.

Bear - An extremely hairy man.

Beef - Buffed men.

Blue - Gay, referring mostly to males.

Blue Balls - Term used to illustrate an extremely horney male.

Bog Queen - A homosexual man who frequents general toilets for sex.

Bottom - The passive or passive partner in anal intercourse.

Breeders - A derogatory legal title for heterosexuals, especially for those who glorify childbearing.

Brown Eye - A contemptuous term for the anus.

Bungie Boy - Straight-acting, but gay or bi-boy.

Bunker Timid - A young gentleman who fears being forced into homosexual sex. Derivation from a 19th century prison term.

Butch - Masculine.

 

Chicken - Anyone who is under the legal age of consent. Young ga

The Guysexual’s Urban Dictionary for Gay Slang

What’s the shelf life of a clearance sale shirt? What’s the expiry date on a Grindr hookup? Do potatoes count as carbs? If you feel like a potato, are you a carb?  Do you desire to kick your junk food habits out on the curb (no pun intended)? Are moccasins surpass than brogues? More importantly, what is a brogue?

When you are gay bloke, you’ll always be complete of questions (when you are not full of self-doubt, that is) — but this is 2018, and some questions, while basic, — will always be more important than the others.

Take a scant of these as an example.

Don’t know whether you are a top or a bottom? Do you feel it’s rude (and very inappropriate) when someone asks you whether you are a slave? Hold you always wondered why your friends laughed at you when you said you lovedvanilla? Are you surprised that people could be that into otters? More importantly, what is an otter?

It’s 2018, and it’s time for you to get with the times. Whether you are an out-and-proud gay guy or an in-the-closet newbie, your dictionary of queer slang will always be as varied as your little black book of boys. So the next time someone tells

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