LGBTQ+ slang dictionary
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If you have always wanted to know what those LGBTQ+ slang words, dating abbreviations, acronyms & slang terms mean that every uses but were too shy to ask,
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We have a total of 566 words listed.
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Tapette
The French Canadian expression to describe a gay guy. Although it also have some pejorative connotations, it has in some ways been reclaimed by gay guys and will sometimes be heard to describe a queen
Teabagging
When a guy dips his package on the head of someone
Tearoom
A public lavatory that is often cruised by gay men
Tennis Player
Often used to refer to gay people, especially lesbians. As most female tennis players tend be have toned bodies, and a lot of lesbians like to play tennis (or sports in general) its become somewhat of an underground stereotype for a closeted lesbian. Conversely it also refers to males who are speculated of being closeted themselves, as gay men tend to find tennis players attractive
TG
Transgender (someone who has completely transformed into someone of opposite sex)
Theatre Queen
A devoted fan of the theatre especially musical theatre
Themself
A gender-neutral way to refer to one’s self, like an agender version of “himself” or “herself.” One would use this word to refer to a nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person alongside other gender-neutral pronouns like they, them, their, theirs, and themselves. Some folks have even playfully changed the gendered introduction “Ladies and Gentlemen” to the gender-neutral “Theydies and Gentlethem.”
Throwing shade
Giving someone a nasty look (af am term) oftern from a straight man being eyed up by a gay man.
Thrupney Bits
Woman’s breasts.
Tina
or 'Crystal methamphetamine' is one of the fastest growing drugs in the gay community. To users it's short-term effects may. Crystal can be injected, snorted or smoked. In its crystal form it is called ice or glass
TLC
Tender Loving Care
Top
The active partner in anal intercourse
Tossed Salad
Anilingus and rimming
Trade
Term used for random shags
Tranny
Term used chiefly to describe people who are transgender, transsexual, wearing drag, transvestites, or cross-dressers.
Trans
See Transgender. See our Trans page.
Trans+
Pronounced “trans-plus,” this word describes people with gender expressions outside of the traditional male-female binary. Trans+ people can include individuals who are transgender, genderqueer, agender, nonbinary, or other gender identities and expressions.
Transgender
A term referring to when one's gender and sex are not always or ever equivalent. Often used as a referrant to the person themself. See our Trans page.
Transphobia
The fear or hatred of transgender people or gender non-conforming behavior. Like biphobia, transphobia can also exist among lesbian, gay, and bisexual people as well as among heterosexual people.
Transvestite
Person who dresses as the binary opposite gender expression (“cross-dresses”) for any one of many reasons, including relaxation, fun, and sexual gratification.
Travel
Can only travel you yours or somwhere else. May be away from home, have flatmates or live at parents.
Tribadism
Lesbianism; sometimes used specifically to describe sexual activity in which one women rubs another's pudenda with her thigh or with a dildo The term originated with ancient Greeks
Troll
A man in a cruising area that won't take no for an answer
Trunction Muncher
Cock sucker
TS
Transgender (someone who has completely transformed into someone of opposite sex)
TT
Tit Torture. When it comes to guys, this refers to nipple play, which normally involves biting, twisting or using clamps.
Turtleneck
Uncircumcised
Tutting
A dance move in vougeing (see vougeing)
TV
Transvestite (someone who wears clothing of the opposite sex)
Twink
Twink is a gay slang term used to refer to a young (18 to early 20s) homosexual man with certain outward characteristics, such as an effeminate manner, a thin build, no body or facial hair, which all contribute to a youthful look. The term has origins of usage in the 1970s.