By 1999, this terminology had fallen out of use to the point of being greatly unrecognizable by members of the LGBT community at large. 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. Drag has been traced back by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) to the late 19th Century. Conversely, words such as ' banjee', while well-established in a subset of gay society, have never made the transition to popular use. In the Philippines, many LGBT people speak with Swardspeak, or 'gay lingo', which is a more extensive use of slang as a form of dialect or way of speaking.Ĭonversations between gay men have been found to use more slang and fewer commonly known terms about sexual behavior than conversations between straight men. Other argots are spoken in southern Africa ( Gayle language and IsiNgqumo) and Indonesia ( Bahasa Binan). 100-footer – an obviously gay or lesbian person (as if visible from 100 feet away) ( US).baby gay – a young or recently out gay person (US).baths – bathhouses frequented by gay men for sexual encounters (US).
beach bitch – a gay man who frequents beaches and resorts for sexual encounters (US).beard – a person used as a date, romantic partner, or spouse to conceal one's sexual orientation.