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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.

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by Anonymousreply 28March 26, 2024 9:35 PM

What does 'video head cleaner' mean these days ? Never heard it mentioned before.

by Anonymousreply 1March 26, 2024 2:53 PM

^^^

Poppers

by Anonymousreply 2March 26, 2024 2:56 PM

R2 Thanks ! Never heard that term before (well, not since the 80s).

by Anonymousreply 3March 26, 2024 2:58 PM

I’m making Cosmopolitans later.

“Oooh! What color?”

by Anonymousreply 4March 26, 2024 3:01 PM

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 Anonymousreply 5March 26, 2024 3:23 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 6March 26, 2024 3:26 PM

Missing from the list: CAK, PRON, BEARKING...

by Anonymousreply 7March 26, 2024 3:38 PM

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 Anonymousreply 8March 26, 2024 3:39 PM

I’ve never heard a straight guy call something “precious” or “darling.”

by Anonymousreply 9March 26, 2024 3:41 PM

Anyone who uses die in a grease fire in real life.

by Anonymousreply 10March 26, 2024 3:42 PM

I want to eat the twink’s ass in OP’s picture. Does that mean I’m gay?

by Anonymousreply 11March 26, 2024 3:42 PM

Fabulous, Sondheim, Fire Island, Follies!, White Party.....

by Anonymousreply 12March 26, 2024 4:12 PM

[quote] Missing from the list: CAK, PRON, BEARKING..

You left out GRAXY R7

by Anonymousreply 13March 26, 2024 4:15 PM

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 Anonymousreply 14March 26, 2024 4:25 PM

Mussy should have ranked a little higher than Puce.

by Anonymousreply 15March 26, 2024 4:32 PM

I've been known to get straight dudes to do a Judy Garland impression of her singing the torch song "My Buddy".

by Anonymousreply 16March 26, 2024 4:36 PM

Kerfuffle. Even "I' don't say kerfuffle.

by Anonymousreply 17March 26, 2024 4:55 PM

Long live perpetuating stereotypes. That's just fabulous!

by Anonymousreply 18March 26, 2024 5:03 PM

Astroglide

Prolapsed

Bea Arthur

by Anonymousreply 19March 26, 2024 6:04 PM

Golden Girls

Barbra. Liza, Judy, Bette...these are names I shan't forget.

Sizemeat.

by Anonymousreply 20March 26, 2024 6:10 PM

That exceedingly stupid linked "article" (i.e. typing) must be A.I.

by Anonymousreply 21March 26, 2024 6:11 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 22March 26, 2024 6:16 PM

puh-leeze

I have never heard a straight guy say "puh-leeze".

by Anonymousreply 23March 26, 2024 6:18 PM

Bitch, please!

Grrrrrl, you in trouble now

Insatiable bottom

by Anonymousreply 24March 26, 2024 6:38 PM

There's a Golden Girls marathon right now on TV Land!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 25March 26, 2024 7:03 PM

[quote] I've never heard a single gay man refer to a friend as "my buddy."

Gays say," My bussy."

by Anonymousreply 26March 26, 2024 9:18 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 27March 26, 2024 9:32 PM

[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 Anonymousreply 28March 26, 2024 9:35 PM
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