friend, man, man friend, man of my dreams/MOMD, mate, mister, monkey man, Mr. Right, mule, my guy, O and O, old man, old pot, opp, other half, pa, papa gâteau, Papa Noel, partner, patron, petit ami, pilaf, playmate, PNB, pot and pan, protector, romance, roommate, Santa Claus, shack man, significant other, sigot /sother, spouse, steady, sugar daddy, sweet daddy, sweet man, sweet papa, sweetback, third party, toy boy, umfriend, weekend man, wife
GSO: “gay significant other.”
MOMD: “man of my dreams.”
O and O: “one and only.”
Pilaf: “person I’m loving and fucking.”
PNB: “potential new boyfriend.”
Sigot/sother: significant other.
SOD: “sleepover date.”
Sugar daddy: suggests a wealthy, generous boyfriend. Similar terms include sugar and honey, goldmine, money-honey, and oyster.
Umfriend: what you call your boyfriend when you’re not ready to out yourself (i.e., “he’s my, um ... friend”).
Breasts
see also Nipples, Chest
Historically, most slang terms for breasts have been invented by heterosexual men whose use of both idealizing metaphor and derogation boggles the mind. Increasingly, women have created their own pet names. Breast synonyms win third prize for sheer numbers, after penis and copulation.
apple dumplings, apples, appurtenances, B-cups, babaloos, babooms, baby bar (the), baby pillows, bag(s), balcony, balloon(s), baloobas, baps, barbettes, Barnes & Noble, bazongas, bazonkers, bazoom(s), bazoomas, bazoongies, bazumbas, beach bars, beanbags, beauties, beautiful chest, beautiful pair, beaver-tails, begonias, bell peppers, bellys, berks, berthas, best friends, bettys, bezongas, big brown eyes, bikini fillers, bikini stuffers, bings, birds, blatters, blobs, blossoms, blubbers, bobbers, Bobsey Twins, body, bon bons, bongos, boobies, boobifers, boobs, boobulars, booby, boom booms, borsties, boosiasms, bosom(s), boulders, bouncers, bra-buster(s), brace and bits, brassiere food, breastworks, Bristol bits, Bristol City/Cities, Bristols, BSH, bubbies, bubbles, bubs, buckets, buddies, buds, buffers, bulbs, bumpers, bumpies, bumps, bust(s), butter-bags, butter-boxes, buzwams, c-cups, cajooblies, cakes, cans, cantaloupes, casabas, cat heads, cat(s) and kitties, Charlies, charms, chee-chees, cherries, chestal area, chest, chestnuts, chichis, chichitas, chubbies, chussies, cleavage, cliff, coconuts, cokernuts, cooters, couple, cream jugs, croopers, cupcakes, cups, D-cups, dairies, dairy, dairy farm, diddies, diddles, digs, din-dins, dinner, double D-cups, draggy udders, dried-up titties, droopers, dubbies, dugs, dumpling shop, dumplings, dzwony, Easts and Wests, Euter, eyes, fainting fits, falsies, fat sacks, fatty breasts, feeding bottles, figure, flab hangings, flabby melons, flapjacks, flip-flaps, flip-flops, floppers, floppy tits, floppy whites, flops, foofs, fore-buttocks, fountain, fried eggs, front, front door, front parlour, frontage, fuckin’ tits, fun bags, garbonzos, gay deceivers, gazongas, gentleman’s pleasure, gib tesurbs, girls (the), glands, globes, goonas, gourds, grapefruits, grapes, groodies, growths, guavas, gubbs, hairy stubs, hammertons, hand-warmers, hands, hangers, hanging tits, headlights, heavers, hemispheres, hog jaws, hogans, honeydew melons, honeydews, honkers, hoofers, hooters, itty bitty titty/ies, jamboree bags, jellies, jellyfish, jelly-on-springs, Jersey cities, jiggle bosoms, jobbies, jubbies, jubes, jublies, jugs, juicy peaches, jujubes, kajoobies, kahunas, kettle-drums, knackers, knobs, knockers, lactoids, lemons, Lewis & Witties, loaves, lollies, lollos, love blobs, love bubbles, love buds, love pillows, lumps, lung nuts, lung warts, lungs, Mae Wests, magafi, mammaries, mammary glands, mammets, mams, Manchesters, mangoes, maracas,
Photo: Dianne Whelan
marshmallows, Mary Poppins, masob(s), massive mammaries, mazoomas, meat, meatballs, melons, memories, mezoomas, milk-bottles, milk-buckets, milk-glands, milk-jugs, milk-sacks, milk-shop, milk-walk, milkers, milkshakes, Milky Way (the), mole hills, mollicoes, mollies, moon balloons, mosquito bites, mounds, mount of lilies, mountains, muffins, murphies, nangles, nature’s fonts, nay-nays, niblets, nice handful, nice puppies, nice set, nick nacks, ninnies, ninny-jugs, nipple leather, no tits, norgies, norks, Norma Snockers, nubbies, nubs, nuggets, old saggy tits, oojahs, oomlaters, oranges, orbs, other parts, pair, pancakes, panters, pantry shelves, papayas, paps, peaches, peanuts, pears, pechitos, pellets, person (the), personalities, pimentos fritos, pimples, playground (the), poonts, porcelain spheres, potatoes, pretty lungs, pumpkins, pumps, pus glands, rack, ree-langers, rib cushions, rising beauties, rocks, sacks, sagging summer squash, saggy pig tits, scar-crossed prunes, scones, semiglobes, set of jugs, shirt potatoes, shit bags, shock absorbers, skin, slugs, snorbs, soft cadaby, squashy bits, spooters, stack(ed), stonkers, superdroopers, sweat glands, sweater meat, sweater treats, sweet rolls, sweetest valley, swingers, T&A, Tale of Two Cities, tamales, tatas, teacups, teats, tetinas, tetitas, them, thousand pities, threepenny bits, tired old tits, tiskies, tits, titties, titty, tomatoes, tnt, tonsils, top, top 'uns, top bollocks, top buttocks, top ones, top set, top-heavy, topballocks, topless, toraloorals, torpedo(s), towns and cities, tracy bits, treasure, treasure chest (the), tremblers, trey bits, tube-socks with a golf ball, turkeys, twin lovelies, twins (the), udders (the), ugly fat knockers, ugly jugs, upper deck (the), upper works (the), veiled twins, vital statistics, voos, wallopies, walnuts, wammers, wards, warmest valley (the), warts, waterbags, watermelons, whammers, white flowers, whites, willets, wrinkled tits, yams, yoinkahs
Boobs: from bubs, an Elizabethan term for breasts. Bub also meant drink.
Bristol Cities: rhymes with titties.
BSH: “British standard handfuls.”
Many breast terms refer to lactation: i.e., cream jugs, milkers, milk jugs.
Gay deceivers: falsies.
Gib tesurbs: an approximate backward phrase for big breasts.
Mae Wests: refers to the well-known bosomy camp actress, but also rhymes with breasts.
Not surprsingly food-related sexual slang is well-represented in the breast category: apples, coconuts, grapes, grapefruits, honeydew melons, oranges, peaches, lemons, watermelons.
T&A: “tits and ass.”
TNT: “two nifty tits.”
Willets: Polari for breasts.
Brothel, Male
Anon. France, c. 1910. (Thomas Waugh Collection)
See Gay Sex Venues
Essayist and gay historian Rictor Norton remarks that the emergence of terms for male brothels and homosexuality in the early 18th century is related to the increase in survelliance and establishment of organized police forces.
Benny house, birdcage, boy’s smoking house, bullring camp, call house, carsey, cock shop, crystal palace, flowershop, jag house, knishery, massage parlour,
