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Contents:
- 12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
- WAS “DRAMA QUEEN” A GAY SLANG EXPRSN ORIGALLY?
12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
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WAS “DRAMA QUEEN” A GAY SLANG EXPRSN ORIGALLY?
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.
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