Gay Sex Language

Found this pretty dictionary on Gay Britain.

Gay life and sex has its own language. Getting what you want, or saying no to what you don’t want, is easier if you understand what’s being said. Here’s a simple guide to words you might hear on the gay scene:

A
anal = anal sex
arse/ass (also butt/bum/batty) = bottom/backside
arsehole/hole = anus

B
barebacking (BB) = anal sex without condoms
backroom (also darkroom) = area in a gay club or sauna where sex takes place
balls = testicles
bear = large gay man with body and facial hair
bent/batty man (also fag/faggot) = gay
blow job = oral sex
bottom = man who takes the passive, or receptive, role in anal sex (receives the penis)
bulge (also packet) = penis and testicles
butch = masculine
butt/bum/batty (also arse/ass) = bottom/backside

C
camp = effeminate
chems = party drugs
chemsex = sex on drugs
chicken (also twink) = young gay man
civil partnership = gay marriage
the clap = gonorrhoea
clap clinic = sexual health clinic
in the closet = hiding your sexuality
cock (also dick/knob) = penis
to come = ejaculate semen (see ‘cum’)
come out = not hiding your sexuality
cop off = find a sex partner
cottage = toilet
to cottage/go cottaging = look for sex in toilets
crabs = pubic lice (a sexually transmitted infection)
cruise = look for sex
cruising ground/area = public place, especially parks, where men look for sex
cum = sperm/semen (see ‘to come’ and ‘pre-cum’)
cut/uncut = circumcised/not circumcised

D
darkroom (also backroom) = area in a gay club or sauna where sex takes place
dick (also cock/knob) = penis
drag/in drag = wearing women’s clothes
Durex (also rubber/johnnie) = condom
dyke = lesbian

F
fag/faggot (also bent/batty man) = gay
fag hag = female friend of gay man
to fancy = to find someone attractive
fingering = putting a finger inside the anus
fisting, fistfucking (FF), to fist = to put hand into someone’s anus
fruit = gay man
fuck buddy = a regular sex partner who is not a boyfriend

G
gaydar = ability to tell if someone is gay, now also the name of a popular gay website
go down on someone = give oral sex
golden showers (also watersports) = sex involving urine

H
hard-on (also stiffie) = erection
‘he’s on the game’ (also ‘he’s rent’) = he’s a prostitute/escort
horny (also randy) = wanting sex
hung, well hung, well endowed = has large penis

I
inked = has tattoos

J
johnnie (also Durex/rubber) = condom

K
knob (also dick/cock) = penis

L
lube = lubricant

N
neg = HIV negative (does not have HIV)

O
oral = oral sex

P
PA, Prince Albert = piercing of the penis
packet (also bulge) = penis and testicles
to party = can mean to take drugs
piss = urine
poz, positive = HIV positive (tested and has HIV)
pre-cum = clear fluid produced by the penis when sexually excited
pull = find someone for sex
on the pull = looking for sex

R
randy (also horny) = wanting sex
rent = male prostitution
rent boy = male prostitute
‘he’s rent’ (also ‘he’s on the game’) = he’s a prostitute/escort
rimming = licking someone’s anus
rubber (also johnnie/Durex) = condom

S
to shag/screw = to fuck
shoot (your load) = come/ejaculate semen
snog = kiss
STI, sometimes STD = an infection that is transmitted sexually (sexually transmitted infection/disease)
stiffie (also hard-on) = erection
suck/suck off = give someone oral sex

T
tats = tattoos
threesome = sex with three people
tit play/tit torture/TT = stimulation of the nipple
top = man who takes the active role in anal sex
tranny = transvestite, man who wears women’s clothes
twink (also chicken) = young gay man

V
vanilla = masturbation, anal or oral sex, without harder practices such as pain, fetishes, bondage, versatile fisting, watersports and so on. versatile = both active and passive in anal sex

W
wank/wank off = masturbate
wanker = idiot
watersports (also golden showers) = sex involving urine
well hung, well endowed = has large penis