n
(historical) A homosexual in Germany in the era when homosexuality was illegal (1871 to 1994).
n
Alternative form of AG [(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) An aggressive (a butch woman, especially a Black butch woman); an aggressive girl.]
n
(LGBT, slang) An A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.
adj
(comparable, slang) Bisexual.
n
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) An aggressive (a butch woman, especially a Black butch woman); an aggressive girl.
adj
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch.
n
(obsolete, slang, rare) A dominant or butch lesbian.
n
(slang, derogatory) A coy or gloating smile exhibited by a trans woman.
n
(Internet slang) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
v
(idiomatic, humorous, euphemistic) To be homosexual.
adj
(derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
adj
(simile, UK, slang) Ostentatiously homosexual.
adj
(slang) bent, homosexual.
n
(LGBT, slang) A term applied to a fellow gay man, usually preceding an admonition.
n
(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is bisexual by observing that person.
n
(idiomatic, slang, LGBT) A biologically female performance artist who performs in female drag at drag shows, or acts like a drag queen.
n
(slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
adj
(Cockney rhyming slang) queer; homosexual
v
(LGBT, slang) To introduce an individual to gay life and traditions.
adj
(slang, neologism) Homoerotic; homosexual, gay.
n
(informal) The use of Botox treatments by men.
n
(fandom slang) A fiction trope where gay characters tend to die or generally meet some bad end.
n
(slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
n
(slang, LGBT) A masculine-looking drag queen.
n
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
n
(LGBT, slang) A lesbian who exhibits some butch traits (short hair, men's clothing, etc.) without wholly fitting the masculine butch stereotype.
n
(slang) A gay person who pretends to be heterosexual.
n
(sometimes humorous) A party in celebration of someone who is gay coming out of the closet.
n
(euphemistic) A gay man.
n
Alternative form of cot-quean [(obsolete, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; an effeminate man.]
v
(idiomatic, LGBT) To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to fit in.
adj
(colloquial, of a place) Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men).
v
(transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to no longer be associated with gay people.
adj
(US) Synonym of no promo homo
n
(US) The business generated by providing goods and services to the homosexual community.
n
(LGBT) A person who wears drag, typically for public performance.
n
(colloquial, LGBT) A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
n
(LGBT, originally slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
n
Alternative form of drag queen [(LGBT, originally slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.]
n
(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is lesbian by observing that person.
adj
(sometimes offensive) Like a dyke (masculine lesbian).
adj
(slang or euphemistic) Gay or pertaining to gay people.
n
(slang) A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
n
(incel slang) A female incel.
n
A man who is or who is thought to be homosexual.
adj
(LGBT slang) Of drag queens: appearing feminine.
adj
(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
adj
(of a man, usually derogatory) Stereotypically gay; flamboyant.
n
(LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
n
(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figuratively) an effeminate man.
adj
(informal, sometimes derogatory, LGBT, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
adj
(Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) homosexual; gay
n
A person who exhibits traits of both a femme and a butch.
adj
Initialism of gay for pay. [(informal, of heterosexual entertainers or sex workers) Performing a homosexual role for money.]
adj
(strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
n
A romanticized vision of the 1890s; compare with roaring 20s.
adj
(simile) Very much homosexual.
adj
(rare, simile) Quite gay.
v
(slang, transitive) To physically or verbally assault someone believed to be homosexual.
n
Somebody who gay bashes.
n
(colloquial, dated) A gay person, or person displaying homosexual qualities.
adj
(derogatory, colloquial) Divergent from the group, by comparison with a homosexual.
n
A theoretical chemical weapon whose aim is to instigate feelings of mutual homosexual attraction amongst enemy soldiers.
n
Alternative form of gayboy [(LGBT, often derogatory in UK) A gay man, especially a younger man or a boy.]
n
(pathology, obsolete, slang, 1980s) Synonym of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”)
adj
Curious about one's homosexuality; curious to try homosexuality.
n
The point at which it is perceived a gay man has aged beyond attractiveness: usually around 25 or 30 years of age.
adj
(informal, of heterosexual entertainers or sex workers) Performing a homosexual role for money.
adj
(colloquial, LGBT, of a normally heterosexual person) Engaging in homosexual relationships when segregated from the opposite sex.
adj
Alternative form of gay-friendly [(of a venue) Open to, but not necessarily aimed at, gay people.]
n
Former name of Aquinnah.
n
(possibly dated) A native or resident of Gay Head (now Aquinnah), a town on Martha's Vineyard with a significant Wampanoag population.
n
A celebrity who is much admired by gay men and/or lesbians.
n
A homosexual man. (This entry is a translation hub.)
v
(intransitive) To marry a person of the same sex.
n
(informal, law) A claim of self-defence against an unwanted homosexual advance.
n
(dated) The art of poetry.
v
(colloquial, transitive) To give something gay characteristics.
adj
(US, informal) Lame; uncool; backwards.
v
Alternative form of gay bash [(slang, transitive) To physically or verbally assault someone believed to be homosexual.]
n
Alternative form of gaydar [(colloquial) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person.]
adj
(of a venue) Open to, but not necessarily aimed at, gay people.
v
Alternative spelling of gay marry [(transitive) To marry (a person of the same sex).]
v
(transitive) To criticize or deride someone's homosexual orientation.
n
The act of criticizing or deriding someone's homosexual orientation.
v
(transitive, slang) To seduce a heterosexual into homosexual relations.
n
(slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
n
A part of a city that is largely populated by gay people.
n
Alternative spelling of gayborhood [A part of a city that is largely populated by gay people.]
n
(LGBT, often derogatory in UK) A gay man, especially a younger man or a boy.
n
(humorous, chiefly derogatory, very rare) A respelling of the given name Abraham, insinuating homosexuality.
n
(LGBT) The baby of a gay person or couple.
n
A sudden increase in the number of homosexual parents.
n
(slang, neologism) A homophobic person
n
(colloquial) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person.
n
(neologism, rare, nonstandard) A lesbian.
n
(rare, slang) An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.
n
(informal) A gay employee of the technology company Google.
v
(transitive) To make a person or society gay; to queerify.
adj
(informal) Somewhat homosexual.
n
A South African argot (jargon) used in South African gay and same-sex communities, primarily by Indo-European based speakers.
adj
(slang) Extremely gay (homosexual) or appealing to gay people.
n
(LGBT, slang) A young or immature gay (homosexual) person.
n
(dated, rare) A gay man.
n
(chiefly historical) The practice of American police departments extorting bribes from gay bars, especially in the 1950s and 60s, in return for not raiding them; such a bribe.
n
(LGBT, slang) A gay Asian, especially a male.
n
The style of language used by people who are gay, or homosexual.
n
The exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).
n
(informal, derogatory) Gay activists viewed as a militant and oppressive force.
n
(humorous, offensive) PlayStation.
n
(often attributive) A homosexual mainstream.
adj
(derogatory, offensive) Both gay and retarded.
adj
(slang) Extremely gay or appealing to gay people.
n
(LGBT, slang) Someone who is both gay and atheist.
n
(informal) A very gay-friendly place or environment.
n
(LGBT slang, rare) The gay community; gays, taken collectively.
n
(LGBT) A person assigned female at birth who identifies with gay male culture and/or is attracted to gay men.
n
The state of being widely known as gay without coming out and confirming it.
v
(informal, especially of a gay man) To be versatile, able to act as either a top or a bottom.
n
(slang) A gay man who has never had sex with a woman.
n
(derogatory, offensive) An LGBT person or drag queen, seen as being involved in grooming children.
n
(slang, LGBT) A gay husband.
n
(chiefly in the plural, historical) One of a category of gay queens or proto-trans women in the 1960s and 70s who wore their hair long and teased it.
n
(countable, slang) A heterosexual person.
n
Alternative form of hetty [(gay slang) A heterosexual.]
n
(gay slang) A heterosexual.
n
(slang) A holiday involving homosexuality.
n
(derogatory, rare, vulgar) Synonym of homosexual
adj
(slang, derogatory) Homosexual.
adj
(dated) Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
n
(rare, dated, often derogatory) Alternative form of homosexual [(typically formal, distancing or dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.]
n
(fandom slang) Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc.
v
(idiomatic, LGBT) To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to be integrated or accepted; compare ‘butch’.
n
Alternative form of kiki (“lesbian who is neither butch nor femme”) [(LGBT, slang, US) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.]
n
(LGBT, US, derogatory, dated or historical) A lesbian who is neither butch nor femme.
adj
Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
n
(obsolete) A type of lance.
n
(historical, US, politics, sexuality, LGBT, slang) The fear and persecution of homosexuals in the 1950s in the United States.
v
(colloquial) Chiefly of a heterosexual woman, to engage in lesbian activity.
n
The exploitation of women in same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in the media, especially for the purpose of titillating heterosexual males.
adj
(idiomatic, slang, derogatory, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.
adj
Alternative form of light in the loafers [(idiomatic, slang, derogatory, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.]
adj
(informal, euphemistic) effeminate, homosexual
adj
(idiomatic, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.
adj
(slang, derogatory) Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.
n
Alternative form of limp-wrist [(derogatory) A gay man, especially a flamboyant one.]
n
(LGBT, slang) A lesbian who has glamorously feminine characteristics, as opposed to a butch lesbian.
n
(slang) Alternative form of lezzie (“lesbian”) [(slang, offensive) A lesbian.]
adj
down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.
n
(Hawaii, slang, derogatory) A gay person; homosexual.
adj
(informal) Presenting women in a way which implicitly assumes the viewer or reader is a heterosexual man.
n
An effeminate homosexual male in a Spanish-speaking region, especially Central America.
n
(dated, humorous) A man who is attracted to women; a heterosexual man.
n
The Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonists in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).
n
(UK) Synonym of Gay Nineties (the 1890s)
v
(neologism) To make or become neuroqueer.
adv
(informal, often sarcastic, often offensive) Used immediately before or after a statement to indicate that there was no homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.
n
(humorous, derogatory, offensive) Norway (with connotations of homosexuality).
n
(informal, often euphemistic) Abbreviation of not quite right, chiefly used to denote a person, object, etc. that is abnormal in some way.
n
(dated) (euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person.
v
(transitive, LGBT) To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
v
(informal, transitive) To surpass in being homosexual or in behaving in a stereotypically gay manner.
adj
(colloquial, derogatory) Made effeminate or homosexual.
adj
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
n
An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.
adj
Chiefly of a male person: effeminate; gay, homosexual.
n
(offensive) homosexuality
adj
(gay slang) Willing to have sex with someone who is HIV positive by someone who is not.
n
(informal, LGBT) An HIV positive person.
v
Alternative form of pray the gay away [(informal, chiefly US) To renounce one's homosexuality as part of adopting the Christian religion.]
adj
Seemingly lesbian but not truly.
adj
(dated, Ireland) queer, strange (suggesting an Irish accent)
n
(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
adj
(slang) Like a queen; effeminately homosexual.
adj
(Britain, informal, dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").
adj
(simile) Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.
adj
(simile, UK, informal) Ostentatiously homosexual.
adj
(colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) Very queer: very unusual or strange.
n
Alternative form of queerbaiting [(LGBT, fandom slang) The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality.]
n
A strange person, an odd duck, especially if possibly gay.
n
(dated, chiefly Britain) An odd or eccentric person.
adj
(dated) Mentally unsound; odd; crazy.
n
(idiomatic, Britain, dated) Suspicious circumstances.
v
(transitive, informal) to ruin, mess up.
n
Alternative form of queerbaiting [(LGBT, fandom slang) The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality.]
n
(humorous) A quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
n
(slang, sometimes derogatory) A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.
adj
(LGBT, fandom slang) Exhibiting or characterized by queerbaiting.
n
The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person.
n
(US, slang) A particularly strange LGBTQ+ person.
n
The world of queer (non-heterosexual) people; queer people collectively; queerness, queerhood.
n
(rare) One who queers something.
n
The state or condition of being queer; queerness
n
Alternative form of queery [(slang, derogatory) A homosexual.]
v
(transitive) To make queer; to cause not to conform to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.
adj
Queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre.
adv
(rare) In a manner that is somewhat queer.
n
The quality of being queerish.
n
(dated) Queerness; something odd or strange.
n
(derogatory, offensive) A homosexual person.
n
(slang, derogatory) A homosexual.
n
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) A homosexual.
adj
Characterised or marked by queerness; peculiar; odd
n
(slang) The children of gay or lesbian parents.
n
The style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.
n
(slang, derogatory) A homosexual.
n
(idiomatic) A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue
v
(uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated once again with gay people.
adj
(in gay personal advertisements) Abbreviation of straight-acting. [(of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian), potentially offensive) Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians.]
adj
(gay slang) Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
adj
(dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
n
(LGBT, uncommon) A friend or associate who is also a drag queen.
n
(fandom slang) On-stage homoerotic (male) behavior; often with the implication that it is insincere.
adj
(of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian), potentially offensive) Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians.
n
(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is heterosexual by observing that person.
n
(informal, derogatory) Condescending explanation of something by a heterosexual to a non-heterosexual person.
v
To interpret or present a queer figure, relationship, or situation as exclusively heterosexual.
n
(LGBT, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
n
(chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
n
Latent or secret homosexuality or effeminacy typically of a man.
n
(slang) An LGBT superhero.
adj
(slang, derogatory) (of a man) gay or effeminate.
n
A form of slang used by homosexual people in the Philippines, with elements from Tagalog, English, Spanish, and Japanese, and popular culture.
v
(euphemistic) To be homosexual.
v
(figuratively) To change one's sexual orientation.
adj
(colloquial) Gay; fashionable.
adj
(idiomatic, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.
adj
(specifically, euphemistic) Gay, homosexual.
adv
(dialect or humorous) that way; in that direction.
v
(slang) To encourage or induce gay individuals to become transgender in order to erase their gay identity.
n
(slang, US, derogatory) In North American lesbian culture, a lesbian in a relationship that progresses very quickly, for example moving in together after only a short period of time.
n
A queer undocumented immigrant.
v
(transitive) To make not gay or less gay.
n
(slang) A strong desire to form intense emotional connections, stereotypically associated with lesbians.
n
(obsolete) A homosexual person, especially a man.
n
(slang, humorous) a lesbian
n
(slang, euphemistic, sometimes humorous) homosexuality (as an attribute of a person)
n
(slang, LGBT) A former gay male who is now in a heterosexual relationship.
n
(Jamaica, slang) A lesbian.
adj
(informal, LGBT, of a man) Effeminately or flamboyantly gay.
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