If someone says these words, they just might be gay
Queer people have plenty of signals to let one another know we’re part of the alphabet mafia. That includes vocabulary: there are certain words and phrases that straight people simply don’t know like we do.
On Reddit, gay guys sounded off on which words immediately let them know that another person is gay — and which words mean someone is painfully straight.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | March 26, 2024 9:35 PM
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What does 'video head cleaner' mean these days ? Never heard it mentioned before.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 26, 2024 2:53 PM
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R2 Thanks ! Never heard that term before (well, not since the 80s).
by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 26, 2024 2:58 PM
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I’m making Cosmopolitans later.
“Oooh! What color?”
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 26, 2024 3:01 PM
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Any of those -ce words: thence, whence, hence... No straight man in the history of the world has ever said those out loud, yet I hear homosexuals use them regularly.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 26, 2024 3:23 PM
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[quote] which words immediately let them know that another person is gay
Did you get dressed in the dark?
[quote] which words mean someone is painfully straight.
Matt Damon
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 26, 2024 3:26 PM
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Missing from the list: CAK, PRON, BEARKING...
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 26, 2024 3:38 PM
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Video Head Cleaner has to be a very fucking niche slang. No one under about 28 is going to get the reference, and no one over 30 is going to use it. rather than just saying "yeah pass the poppers".
by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 26, 2024 3:39 PM
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I’ve never heard a straight guy call something “precious” or “darling.”
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 26, 2024 3:41 PM
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Anyone who uses die in a grease fire in real life.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 26, 2024 3:42 PM
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I want to eat the twink’s ass in OP’s picture. Does that mean I’m gay?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 26, 2024 3:42 PM
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Fabulous, Sondheim, Fire Island, Follies!, White Party.....
by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 26, 2024 4:12 PM
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[quote] Missing from the list: CAK, PRON, BEARKING..
You left out GRAXY R7
by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 26, 2024 4:15 PM
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On the opposite end of the spectrum, I've never heard a single gay man refer to a friend as "my buddy." But every straight guy seems to use this word when talking about their friends.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 26, 2024 4:25 PM
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Mussy should have ranked a little higher than Puce.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 26, 2024 4:32 PM
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I've been known to get straight dudes to do a Judy Garland impression of her singing the torch song "My Buddy".
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 26, 2024 4:36 PM
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Kerfuffle. Even "I' don't say kerfuffle.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 26, 2024 4:55 PM
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Long live perpetuating stereotypes. That's just fabulous!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 26, 2024 5:03 PM
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Golden Girls
Barbra. Liza, Judy, Bette...these are names I shan't forget.
Sizemeat.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 26, 2024 6:10 PM
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That exceedingly stupid linked "article" (i.e. typing) must be A.I.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 26, 2024 6:11 PM
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[quote]Queer people have plenty of signals to let one another know we’re part of the alphabet mafia.
Oh, dear, and fuck you.
"Mafia."
Asshole.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 26, 2024 6:16 PM
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puh-leeze
I have never heard a straight guy say "puh-leeze".
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 26, 2024 6:18 PM
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Bitch, please!
Grrrrrl, you in trouble now
Insatiable bottom
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 26, 2024 6:38 PM
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There's a Golden Girls marathon right now on TV Land!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 26, 2024 7:03 PM
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[quote] I've never heard a single gay man refer to a friend as "my buddy."
Gays say," My bussy."
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 26, 2024 9:18 PM
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[quote] Missing from the list: CAK, PRON, BEARKING...
Use of the last word identifies you as old, fat, fugly, bald man that no one in their right mind would ever touch, so yes, it’s a word that tells you a great deal about the person using it.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 26, 2024 9:32 PM
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[quote] But if someone refers to their “shirt” as a “top,” it’s pretty safe to assume.
I wouldn’t associate with a man who calls a shirt a “top”. That’s for women’s wear.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 26, 2024 9:35 PM
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