Gay slang
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Gay slang (sometimes gayspeak) refers to slang used predominantly among gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people (see also: Polari).
Slang frequently arises from the need or desire of a particular subculture to create or maintain secrecy, from want of recognition and acceptance, or fear of prejudice, persecution, or exposure; or to describe situations, acts and things not common in the dominant culture (see also argot).
Assimilation and use of slang also gives individuals a feeling of belonging - necessary in the creation, maintenance or reinforcement of a subculture, its values, politics and sociology.
Many terms that originated as gay slang have become part of the popular lexicon. For example, the word drag, was popularized by Hubert Selby, Jr. in his book Last Exit to Brooklyn. "Drag" has been traced back by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) to the late 19th Century.
See also
External links
- Spanish Language Gay Slang "Modismos Gay" from the Spanish Wikipedia
- ROBERT SCOTT'S GAY SLANG DICTIONARY In 1989 Robert Scott's gay slang become the first gay slang dictionary to be published to the Internet. In 1994 the dictionary took on a name change, and became Wizards Gay Slang Dictionary.
- Dictionary of Gay Slang and Historical Terms
- GLTB Slang Dictionary
- Language Gaymes
- Lavender Linguistics, from Guardian Unlimited
- Polari: British Gay Slang
- Queer Slang in the Gay 90's
- qWords.org — wiki-based dictionary of GLBTI slang, epithets, etc.
- Sexuality as Identity: Gay and Lesbian Languagees:Modismos gay