bruin, grizzly, hirsute, husbear, huscub, Koala (blonde fur), leather bear, male bear, muscle bear, otter, polar bear (greying), ursophile, wolf, woof
Bear Code: a bear version of the Kinsey Scale rating one’s “beariness” by their amount of body and facial hair.
Black bear: an African-American bear.
Bruin: A bear who plays sports.
Husbear/ huscub: a bear boyfriend or husband.
Otter: a skinny man who is into bears.
Wolf: an older bear who prefers younger men, a.k.a. pups. Or an aggressive Otter.
Woof: bear slang for hot man or go, girl!
Bedroom
Not the queerest place for sex but it will do, in a pinch.
bedchamber, boudoir, chamber, cradle, crib, cubicle, doss, dungeon, fuck pit, guest room, hotbed, letting, pad, pit, playroom, shag pad
Boudoir: from the French bouder, meaning to pout (as in a place to pout).
I am being led and
am being led
I am being led gently to bed
—Gertrude Stein
Bisexual
Even in the gay community, many terms for bisexual suggest either sexual confusion or treachery, reflecting persistent negative attitudes towards individuals who refuse to “pick a side.”
Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on a Saturday night.
—Woody Allen
AC/DC, ambidextrous, ambiguous, ambisextrous, ambisexual, amphigenous inversion, amphisexual, Androgynophylia, batting and bowling, batting for both teams, betty bothways, bi, bi-curious, bi-kinky, bi-possible, bibi, bi-chick, bi-guy, bicoastal, bisexuous, BSO, bungie boy, butcher boy, byke, CK1, confused, convertible, door's ajar, double adapter, double gaited, double life man, drinks from both taps, Dyke tester, fence-fucker, flexual, flip, flip-flop, fruit-picker, gate-swinger, Gillette blade, gray cat, greedy, half-and-half, half-bent, half rice half chips, happy shopper, heteroflexible, Horatian, intermediate, jack of all trades, jack of both sides, Jo-Ann, kiki, licks both sides of the stamp, mercenary, neither Arthur nor Martha, omnisexual, plays for both teams, plugs in both ways, questioning, rides a Bi-cycle, rides side-saddle, sexoschizia, sexually confused, shops on both sides of the street, side-saddle queen, simulsexual, swings both ways, switch hitter, TBH, try-sexual, twixter, two-way baby, two-way Johnny, versatile, waffler, wears bi-focals, yo-yo
Amphisexual: from the Latin amphi for on both sides.
BSO: “Bi significant other.”
Butcher boy: a gay man who has sex with a lesbian.
Bungie boy/girl: reference to bungie jumping, an “extreme sport” involving jumping from great heights, attached by a bungie cord.
Byke: a bisexual dyke
CK1: hipster talk for somebody “bi,” referring to a Calvin Klein perfume.
Door’s ajar: noun for one whose imminent coming out has been predicted.
Fence-fucker: derives from sitting on the fence, which suggests indecisiveness.
Flexual: open to same sex activity without identifying as gay.
TBH: “to be had.”
Try-sexual: tries anything.
Switch hitter: 20th-century American term; derives from baseball terminology for an ambidextrous hitter.
Bite/Biting
see also Kiss, Lick, Swallow
chew, chomp, chow down, eat, hickey, love bite, mark up, munch, nab at, nibble, nip, odaxelagnia, pierce, sample, snack, taste, teeth marks, wound
Odaxelagnia: from the Greek, meaning arousal from biting.
Blow Job: see Fellatio
Bottom/Top: see Fetish, Sodomy
Boyfriend
Anon. France, c. 1910. (Thomas Waugh Collection)
see also Lover
admirer, ace lane, adventure, back-door man, beau, beaufriend, bedfellow, best fellow, better half, bf, boo, boy toy, boyf, breadwinner, brown bagger, bones (the), buffalo, biscuit roller, companion, constant companion, daddy, domestic partner, fancy man, friend, goonie, GSO, his lordship, honey man, hubbie/hubby, item, jellyroll, john, just good friends, king, lad, life partner, longtime companion, lover, main man, male 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,