Dick Lesch’s Gui to Seventi Gay Slang | The New Yorker

Contents:

• THE OLR GAY MEN TRYG TO UNRSTAND NEW GAY SLANG IS THE BT THG YOU'LL SEE TODAY
• OLR GAY MEN TRY TO SS OUT THE MEANG OF NEW GAY SLANG
• 12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
• OLD GAYS TRY NEW GAY SLANG
• :RABOW: GAY & BI-BOYS :TWO_MEN_HOLDG_HANDS:
• GAY SLANG 101
• DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG

THE OLR GAY MEN TRYG TO UNRSTAND NEW GAY SLANG IS THE BT THG YOU'LL SEE TODAY

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OLR GAY MEN TRY TO SS OUT THE MEANG OF NEW GAY SLANG

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Another siar term, “light the loafers”, is a somewhat rogatory phrase that is ed to scribe someone who acts or appears to be gay.

12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!

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OLD GAYS TRY NEW GAY SLANG

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:RABOW: GAY & BI-BOYS :TWO_MEN_HOLDG_HANDS:

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GAY SLANG 101

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DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG

The word “swish” might not sound faiar to some, but ’s a slang term that has been ed for s to scribe a flamboyant man, often wh a gay someone says a man is “swishy, ” means he’s effemate, theatril, and perhaps a b over-the-top his mannerisms. Some people might em the term offensive, but ’s worth unrstandg the origs and nnotatns of slang words for gay dividuals. Siarly, “peack” is a slang word ed to scribe someone, ually a gay person, who drs extravagantly to draw attentn to themselv.

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