#queer slang

[ajaneofmanytalents]

was reading fanfic and found out that "dagger" is an older slang term for a masculine lesbian

and suddenly Final Fantasy IX looks liek 500% more queer than it already did

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

Gay slang, a crashcorse for tumblr because you people don't know what you're talking about:

Body types:

Twink: a thin hairless gay man, usually associated with being young and effeminate.

Otter: a thin hairy gay man

Hunk: a thin muscular gay man

Bear: a fat hairy gay man

Gender expressions:

Masc: a masculine presenting queer person

Fem: a feminine presenting queer person

Queen: a feminine presenting gay man

Butch queen: a drag queen who is a gay man in his day to day life (primarily a ballroom term)

Fem queen: a drag queen who is a trans woman in her day to day life (primarily a ballroom term)

Street queen: a full time cross dresser, usually a historical term but I've met one irl so

Gym bunny: a gay man who's primary activity is being at the gym, usually very fit

Leather daddy/Leatherman: a guy who dresses in leather harnesses and hats and hot pants. This is not exclusively a kink, these men dress this way to go to clubs and to pride and otherwise engage in community events in their leather gear with no sex expectations

Pup: often associated or overlapping with the leather community. These are the guys you've seen in the dog hoods. This is not exclusively a kink, these men dress this way to go to clubs and to pride and otherwise engage in community events in their leather gear with no sex expectations

DL: stands for Down Low, a "heterosexual" man who secretly fucks men

Trade: the heterosexual male partner of a gay man. The etymology of the term has associations with gay for pay situations but modernly it is pretty much used as a synonym for DL, however, while not being a pajoritive, it is almost never used by the subject of speech but pretty much exclusively by openly gay and bisexual men and trans women between each other to refer to these men, meanwhile DL guys will often claim the term DL, although they seem to prefer the term "discreet". Trade is also sometimes used to refer to the straight passing gender signifiers of DL men. If you've ever watched Drag Race and they're trying to figure out who "the trade of the season" is, they're aware that they're all openly gay, but they're trying to judge who is most able to pass for straight out of drag. (Ballroom associations)

Fish: a trans woman that passes so well that you can smell her vagina just by looking at her. Sometimes used by drag queens to identify how womanly someone looks in drag. (Primarily associated with ballroom)

Brick: the opposite of fish. It is generally considered transphobic to touch this word if you're not trans or involved in ballroom, and if you are trans and/or involved in ballroom but you're not a trans woman specifically do not ever use to refer to a specific person. (Ballroom exclusive)

Sex positions

Top: a gay man who prefers to penetrate his partner during sex

Verse: a gay man who enjoys both being penetrated and penetrating

Bottom: a gay man who prefers to be penetrated during sex

Side: a gay man who prefers non penetrative sex acts

Dom: a person who takes a dominant role during bdsm or kink roleplay. (Note not exclusively a top, can be a bottom even)

Switch: a person who takes on either a submissive or a dominant role during BDSM or kink role play.

Sub: a person who takes a submissive role during bdsm or kink roleplay. (Note not exclusively a bottom, can be a top even)

Vanilla: doesn't engage in kink

Power bottom: a Dom bottom

Now that you have the words at your disposal please stop misusing them

[creativestudiofire]

If another straight girl tries to correct me on queer terms I’m gonna get violent. I researched this Jessica you heard it off tiktok hes not a twink, shes not butch, you’re not a top, that’s not a lavender marriage, shut the fuck up

(Also liked to mention this isn’t slang but the “my tv used to glow but I turned it off” you missed the point of the movie you can’t turn it off turning it off literally means dying. The main character was dying because he was IGNORING it he TRIED to turn it off and couldn’t because it was literally inside of him he ripped open his chest and the tv static was there)

[fluidstatick]

Pet peeve: People in fandom (or otherwise) overusing the word "twink."

Step into my office. I wanna show you a queer linguistics thing, and go over the ways I consider it to be misapplied.

Confused? Small & effeminate ≠ twink. In queer slang, the word began as an acronym in personals ads: Thin, White, Into No Kink.

Look at your queer, male presenting person of choice, please. Is he:

Fat? Not a twink. Ok, sure, he has big sad eyes and he blushes when someone says a bad word. You wanna take a bite out of his neck about it. I empathize, I do. Look at him, he's so biteable. He isn't a Twink.

Not white? Not a twink. He's skinny, he's a bit naïve. He's a little awkward. He just wants to be kissed and doted on. I get the appeal, believe me. Melanin check - is he Black, Brown, Asian, First Nations? Delicious as ever, but disqualified. He's not a tWink.

And finally: Is he a freak? By which I mean, does he smile knowingly when someone makes a joke about spanking, or handcuffs, or choking? Believe it or not, he isn't a twink. He could be the tiniest, whitest fairy on the planet, but if he's constantly doubling and tripling his entendres, biting his lip at guys who are all tied up and bleeding, or slowly taking off his gloves while making intense smoldering eye contact, he's not a twINK.

A short list of characters that I've seen described as twinks, who are not:

Martin Blackwood, TMA: Canonically described as fat. "I'm not the smallest guy in the world." "Positively roomy." Not a twink.

Essek Thelyss, CR2: The Kryn are coded as nonwhite in many ways - intercultural prejudices, skin color, sociopolitical position - but even if they qualify as white in exandrian culture, Essek's been revealed to be quite a little freak in the live shows. I see you, size queen. Not a twink.

Occtis Tachonis, CR4: Canonically slight, canonically a virgin. Poor kid's as pure as undriven snow. He has several distinctly Asian features in the official character art, and Alex describes him as olive skinned. Not a twink.

Fabian Seacaster, D20 Fantasy High: Skinny dancing pirate bard. Flamboyant, of course. Kink? Shush, he's in high school. Most importantly, he's Black. Not a twink.

Astarion, BG3: At first glance? Maybe. Whip thin. White as the Cliffs of Dover in January. But c'mon, listen to him. The bitch is a walking innuendo. He's never met a kink he didn't respect and appreciate as high art. Not a twink.

Voldo, Soul Calibur: He's white because he's Italian, not just because he's undead. He's thin as a rail. He's so gay it's ludicrous. His tragic backstory is surprisingly romantic. But let's be serious, okay. He's 98% bondage gear, 2% skin. He moans and hisses his way through his extremely kinky unlife. Stop calling my man a twink.

[creativestudiofire]

POV a straight man I saw being transphobic to a drag queen (he didn’t know what a drag queen was and thought it was a trans woman)

“I don’t care if they are going camping or to the theater!!”

Life is entertaining sometimes

[enbynini]

I need some advice on early 19th century slang for queer people (in the community and outside of the community), preferably in french and italian. This is for purposes of fanfic

[wokemrsworldwide]

queer english slang: dropping hairpins

the original slang for "hairpin" was associated with the kind of person you are. as pictured above the etymology came from "letting your hair down", letting people "become familiar with you" i.e being your true self

it was later co-opted by the lgbt community and hairpin gained the meaning of dropping hints about your sexuality without outwardly saying it

"Hairpin Drop Heard Around the World" was the title of documented written content about the stonewall riots and is available at the LGBT Center National History Archive (source here)

[wokemrsworldwide]

An Intro To Contemporary Queer Brazilian Slang

Lacre: substantive. similar to the english language slang "you ate them up". literal meaning of "lacre" is a security sealer so it implies you've sealed the discussion. usually has political implications, albeit not always. it has been used in the pejorative manner similar to the phrase "that friend that's too woke" if someone wanted to convey that feeling they would say some is "lacrando demais" (demais = too much) or ironically being used like "nossa, lacrou" (wow, you ate). can also be used to compliment someone outside of an argument setting. for example "que lacre esse look" to compliment someone's outfit and suppose your friend got their dream job and is excited telling you about it: "PARABÉNS AMIGA LACROU!!" would be an appropriate response.

Fecho: substantive. literal meaning is a thing used to close something. on the same spectrum as "lacre" but not quite the same. for example, whereas "lacre" usually means you're telling a person they made a great point that sealed the discussion "fecho" can mean something similar to the english language slang "period" in the same Winning A Discussion context, but not always. you can use the phrase "ela me deu um fecho" (ela me deu = she gave me) which would mean something like "putting someone in their place" but not always pejoratively. for example, someone might be concerned about your health habits and apply some tough loving in telling you you should take better care of yourself. then you would use "minha psicóloga me deu um fecho sobre meus hábitos de sono" (psicóloga = psychologist. me deu = gave me. sobre meus hábitos de sono = about my sleeping habits) Juro: substantive. literal meaning is "to swear" (not in the cussing way). something you would say in response to someone saying something funny and/or absurd. for example if your friend said: "birds give nonbinary vibes" and you can't quite think of a response, a bit too stunned to speak? just say: "juro". Old: now, i am aware this is actually a word from the english language. however, it is used differently here. when someone says something you deeply agree "old" is a common response from queer people. not to be confused with english expression "this is old news", because, unlike "old news" the meaning of the expression is to show support in your agreeance. and also, it can be used for something that's not actually old news. for example "cat hair in black clothing is the new trend in milan runways". "old" would be an appropriate response. i actually searched up my user + old in my twitter account and found my friend responding "old" to that exact statement i made lmao Diva: adjective. i am aware this is also a word in the english language. however, in opposition to the meaning of a high-maintenance woman that's associated with that word it's a positive statement. for example, you see an old lady with pink hair on the street. an appropriate response would be to tell your friend "ela é tão diva". literal meaning being "she's such a diva" but the latter reads as you calling her hard to get along with. see? Babado: substantive. literal meaning is drool. yeah, i don't know how it relates either. but it can be something you say if you wanna know a specific lore or the latest gossip (for hot goss you can add the word "forte" which means "strong" and say "babado forte"). for example "me conta esse babado" would mean "tell me that lore". or when someone says something shocking like "that person we hate adopted a cat and even the cat hates him" you would say "babaaaado". it all depends on the tone, really. the same way you can use "babado forte" for a strong babado, "babado fortíssimo" is used to indicate a very strong "babado".

let me know if you're interested in my little brazilian gay dictionary. i could write about this for days!