Euphemisms for being Homosexual

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Language is a wonderful tool to soften the harsh light of socially unacceptable reality. There were many ways to say a man was homosexual without actually using the word homosexual.

Light in the loafers

Friend of dorothy

Confirmed bachelor

Stemming the rose

Wide stance

Can you think of any others with an imaginative use of the language?
 

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Enchanted (a whole community was the Enchanted Forest)

Festive

And apparently "Canadian"!!!!
 

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Casual (a real vintage English phrase I love)

Bent as a 9 bob note (ditto)

Light on his feet

Good with soft furnishings

Afflicted with the Piratical vice
 

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When girls have inquired about me to one another I've heard the term used "his door doesn't swing your way."

Artsy

Mary

Moe (these two are alittle crass IMHO)
 

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A little bit "how's your father"


Hmmm, maybe this one has developed other meanings over time I dunno, but "a little bit of how's your father" is a Cockney phrase which describes having a little bit of hanky panky or sex in general.... not really a euphemism for Gay... but like I say could have developed other meanings over time... :smile:
 

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Hmmm, maybe this one has developed other meanings over time I dunno, but "a little bit of how's your father" is a Cockney phrase which describes having a little bit of hanky panky or sex in general.... not really a euphemism for Gay... but like I say could have developed other meanings over time... :smile:

I've definitely heard it used this way, but I don't remember a source.
 

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Canada's Frank Magazine ( a knock-off of the British mag Private Eye) used the term "avid pianist".

Some euphemisms such as this developed as code to avoid libel or defamation suits if the subject is against being publicly identified as homosexual.
 

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I'm not going to pretend I understand all these, but whatevs:

Chutney ferret
Marmite miner
Chocolate starfish diver
Rear gunner/admiral
Uphill gardener
Fudge packer
Pillow biter
"loves his mum"
"nice young man"
shirt-lifter
Knob-goblin
Knob jockey
 

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Chutney Ferret? Sounds like an Indian food lover.


Personally, I love the term "chocolate starfish diver."

Rather poetic and visual.
 

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I'm not going to pretend I understand all these, but whatevs:

Chutney ferret
Marmite miner
Chocolate starfish diver
Rear gunner/admiral
Uphill gardener
Fudge packer
Pillow biter
"loves his mum"
"nice young man"
shirt-lifter
Knob-goblin
Knob jockey




Chutney Ferret is one of my favourites actually even though it's kinda gross :biggrin1:

For those who don't get it Ferrets are renowned for getting into pipes and tubes and holes, and chutney ... well chutney looks a little like poop.... :biggrin1:
 

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Chutney Ferret is one of my favourites actually even though it's kinda gross :biggrin1:

For those who don't get it Ferrets are renowned for getting into pipes and tubes and holes, and chutney ... well chutney looks a little like poop.... :biggrin1:


I thought chutney was all marmalade like. What kind of chutney you been eating boy?:crazy2: