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GAY SLANG 101
* mary gay lingo *
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Lguists believe that’s how gay slang started, too.
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Today, “Mary” is still ed as an exprsn or a way to teasgly refer to another gay person. But the Onle Slang Dictnary c 1960s gay male culture as the earlit known source, particularly rtoonist Joe Johnson’s characters “Miss Thg” and “Big Dick”, which appeared early issu of The Advote. Gay Slang Terms From The Mid-century To The 70s.