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— Tue, Aug 29, 2006 —
Gay Speak

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We've all been called some pretty nasty things in our day (well, we've certainly been called nasty things) because of our homo ways. Naturally, "faggot" springs to mind, but the best name callers were always the ones with a little imagination. Whoever came up with "fudge packer" certainly had the right idea. The Brits who use "tosser" hold a special place in our little gay hearts. An Australian friend prefers "puffta". Or, for extra emphasis, "puffta-mary." Pole smoker, butt pirate, fairie, the list goes on...

We want a complete gay speak dictionary. So, darling readers, send us your favorite jargon to help us on our "mary" way....

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No. 1
George says:

I'm from Britain, and I don't think 'tosser' is used as a derogatory term for 'gay'. It's just a variation on 'wanker':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosser

So, a "Brit" might have called you a tosser, but not because you're gay!

August 29, 2006 2:23 PM
No. 2
sully says:

In Jonathan Harvey's play Beautiful Thing, one of the characters uses the term "shirtflaplifter" to refer to a gay, which I think is hilarious...
I also have always loved the term "Nancy Boy, " which was the title of a Placebo song, but certainly didn't originate there.

August 29, 2006 2:32 PM
No. 3
Allen says:

I've always liked HUNA, which is Hawaiian. Not sure how it's spelled, but voila.

August 29, 2006 2:42 PM
No. 4
Eric says:

Another Hawaiian term for gay is Mahu.

August 29, 2006 2:45 PM
No. 5
Matt says:

I always thought that "spear-fisher for doo-doo sharks" was especially creative and even maybe slightly endearing!

August 29, 2006 3:03 PM
No. 6
jim says:

Here's a few to add:

Shirt Lifter
Pillow Biter
Hershey Highway
Cake eater
Heels of Helium
Sword Swallower
Sperm Burper

August 29, 2006 3:50 PM
No. 7
Dick says:

Here's a few from Stuart Allan Jones speech to his family in Queer As Folk(UK)
Because I'm queer. I'm gay. I'm homosexual. I'm a poof, I'm a poofter, I'm a ponce. I'm a bumboy, battyboy, backside artist, bugger, I'm bent. I am that arsebandit. I lift those shirts. I'm a faggot-ass, fudge-packing, shit-stabbing uphill gardener. I dine at the downstairs restaurant, I dance at the other end of the ballroom. I'm Moses and the parting of the red cheeks. I fuck and am fucked. I suck and am sucked. I rim them and wank them, and every single man's had the fucking time of his life. And I am not a pervert.

August 29, 2006 3:58 PM
No. 8
tekay says:

FOD = Friend of Dorothy
punk
girlyboy
sissy
butt buddy
head cleaner

August 29, 2006 4:15 PM
No. 9
Mike says:

My favorite is fruitcake (then butt pirate)
But shooot the guy who came up with fudgepacker really does get the prize. I wonder if he was gay.

August 29, 2006 4:27 PM
No. 10
mattyg says:

I've always enjoyed 'mo as in hoMO, (similarly 'ro would apply to the breeders). Butt Dart, is a good one, although that moreso refers to a homo's cock, than the man himself....
I know that way back in like the 1600's they used the term pederast in one or more european contries (definately france).
and of course there's good old fashioned sodomite.
a few random others:
flit, nelly, light in the loafers, limp-wristed, swishy, lady, queen, (or pretty much any feminine royal name like princess or dutchess etc.)

and i think one that's been really popular with Catholics for a while is Father

August 29, 2006 4:54 PM
No. 11
Puppy of Doom says:

What about Friend of Dorothy!

August 29, 2006 5:58 PM
No. 12
Dave says:

Sorry to go a little off topic here, but have you ever noticed how there are tons of slur words/expressions to describe gay people, but only "breeder" springs to mind for the other way? I was once asked (by a straight guy) why that was and I said, "I guess gays just aren't as mean as you straight people."

August 29, 2006 7:02 PM
No. 13
floodlite says:

ass bandit has always been my fave...fruit fly is my fave for my fag hags

August 29, 2006 8:33 PM
No. 14
mikey says:

poo packer
rump rangler

August 29, 2006 10:10 PM
No. 15
Steve says:

I've always liked "gaby" for young gay collegiate guys just out of the closet and "baby dykes" for young lesbians.

August 30, 2006 12:38 AM
No. 16
Deepthroatb says:

Chutney-ferret
My personal fave.

August 30, 2006 3:20 AM
No. 17
spiffy says:

Back in college, somebody coined the term "dick smoker" -- which I thought was hilarious.

To ask whether someone is gay: "Is he 'family'?" Which in retrospect was kinda sweet.

August 30, 2006 3:39 AM
No. 18
Panda says:

I think the most creative thing I've ever been called is "organ grinder".

August 30, 2006 6:52 AM
No. 19
SJ says:

turd burgler

August 30, 2006 9:50 AM
No. 20
Jeffrey Williams says:

How about "normal child of God"?

This IS what we all are...aren't we?

Just asking a question... ;)

August 30, 2006 10:38 AM
No. 21
Arthur Bristow says:

Tosser is another word for wanker and has no connection with derrogatory terms for gay people.

May 10, 2007 2:09 PM

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