List of sexual slurs

B

• bachelor boy - (UK Commonwealth) see "confirmed bachelor"
• back door bandit - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• ballbuster - (North America) domineering female
• banty boy / bantam - (UK) an emasculated male, or a homosexual
• bastard - (UK Commonwealth & US) person born out of wedlock or "illegitimately"; jerk, or the male equivalent of bitch despite its common use to describe women
• battle axe - (North America) a very masculine, domineering woman.
• batty boy - (Jamaican and UK) gay male
• Bean Queen - (US) Mexican homosexual, or a gay man that likes Mexicans
• be-atch - (North America) Hip Hop rendition of Bitch
• bender - (North America) gay male - see asshole bender
• bent - (UK) opposite of straight, gay
• bimbo - (North America) a dim-witted promiscuous female
• bird - (UK Commonwealth) a sexually objectified female
• Biscuit Eater - (US) see "salad tosser", the term "Son of a Biscuit Eater" also used
• bitch - (North America) female dog; overly aggressive and spiteful female; woman who does not conform to society's behavioral, sexual, and clothing norms; a person (usually male) who receives anal sex (originated as prison slang); a man who is dominated in a relationship by another
• Bog Queen - (UK) a gay male that seeks sex in public toilets - for example George Michael
• bone smuggler - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• booty bandit - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• bottom - (North America) submissive partner
• box lunch - (North America) a lesbian; a female's genitals
• breeder - (North America, UK) straight person, generally used only by gay people and people in favor of birth control
• broad - (North America) woman, typically an outspoken one
• Bronco/Bronk - (US) see "power bottom"
• Bronco Buster/Bronk Buster - (US) gay male who pitches vigorously
• bubble biter - (North America) gay male, refers to analingus
• Buccaneer - (North America) a homosexual male
• bugger /buggerer - (UK Commonwealth) gay male, refers to anal sex
• bull - (US) dominant aggressive lesbian
• bulldagger - (?) lesbian, variant of bulldyke
• bulldyke - (North America) lesbian (esp. masculine), variant of dyke, possible variant of bedecked → bediked → bulldyke
• bumhole explorer - (UK) gay male, refers to anal sex
• bumhole surfer - (UK) gay male, refers to anal sex
• bummer - (UK) gay male, refers to anal sex
• bunny - (North America) a sexually objectified female
• bunty boy - (UK) gay male
• bush hog - (North America) lesbian, refers to cunnilingus
• butch - (North America) masculine female; or female who has the traditional "masculine" role in a lesbian relationship
• buttered both sides - (UK) bisexual (adjective)
• butthole explorer - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• butthole surfer - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• butt bandit - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• butt banger - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• butt buddies - (North America) gay male sexual partners, refers to anal sex
• butt fucker - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• butt pirate - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• butty - (North America) gay male sexual partner, refers to anal sex
  

  C

• cake boy - (U.S.) a gay man
• cake eater - (North America) gay male, refers to analingus
• carpet muncher - (North America) lesbian, refers to oral sex
• castrato - (UK & US) a castrated or otherwise emasculated young male
• catcher - (North America) receiver of anal intercourse - usually gay
• catamite - (UK & US) male that receives anal intercourse - used as a slur since at least early 19th-century
• Charlie Sierra - (US Military) a cocksucker - derived from radio alphabet for CS (term usually used figuratively like "brown-noser", but sometimes used literally as a term for homosexuals)
• Chester - (North America) person suspected of being a molester - from the cartoon character from Hustler Magazine
• chick - (North America) a sexually objectified female
• chicken (homosexual) - (North America & UK) a (postpubescent) young man (usually one found attractive by gay men at least a few years older)
• chickenhawk (homosexual) - (North America & UK) a gay man who has a sexual preference for postpubescent young men (mid-teens to early-20s, generally)
• chick with dick - (North America) a preoperative transsexual male
• chilito - (Southwest US & Mexico) Spanish for small cock, sometimes directed at asians - literally "small chile pepper" (chile pepper being euphemism for penis)
• Chimp-Pansy - (US) effeminate young black male
• chocolate starfish invader - North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• chowder chugger - (North America) gay male, refers to oral sex
• chulo - (Southwest US & Mexico) Spanish for pretty or effeminate young male, see "queer bait"
• chupapene - (Southwest US & Mexico) Spanish for cocksucker
• circle jerker - (North America) a male that participates in the juvenile practice of a "circle jerk" where several males compete to see who can ejaculate first into a cup or onto a piece of bread - the "loser" (last to ejaculate) must drink the cup or eat the biscuit
• closet case - (North America) a closeted homosexual, one who keeps their sexuality secret
• cock - penis, (North America) insensitive male
• cock block / cunt block / "c" block - (North America) A third party who stops a couple from engaging in sex acts
• cock goblin - (North America) gay male
• cock jockey - (North America) gay male
• cock smoker - (North America) gay male, refers to oral sex
• cock sucker - (North America) gay male, refers to oral sex
• cock teaser - (North America) a female that gives the false impression that sex is imminent
• colon bomber - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• confirmed bachelor - (North America) euphemism for male homosexual
• corn-holer - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• Cowboy Coitus - (North America) rough gay sex, also a pun on "Cowboy Curtis" from Pee Wee Herman show
• comare -(US, Italian-American)see: goumada.
• crack whore or crack ho - (North America) the lowest form of junkie prostitute
• cream pie - (North America) ejaculation inside the anus
• cream puff - (North America) effeminate gay male
• crewcut - (North America) a masculine female, or female wearing a crewcut hairstyle
• cumguzzler - (North America) one who performs oral sex on a man and subsequently swallows the ejaculate (cum).
• cunning linguist - (North America) lesbian, a humorous malaprop for cunnilingus
• cunt - (North America & UK) literally vulva - very strong term of abuse, disliked person (in North America mainly restricted to females) sometimes euphemized to "C word"
• cupcake - (North America) a gay or effeminate male - see "fairy cake"
  

  D

• daddy's girl - (North America) a masculine female who is controlled by her father or has a good relationship with him
• dagger - (?) lesbian, variant of dyke
• dairy queen - (US) a preoperative male transexual with large breasts, see "chick with dick" (after the name of the ice cream & burger restaurant)
• degenerate - (North America) person that does not comply with sexual norms & mores, gay male or lesbian
• deviate or deviant - (North America) gay male or lesbian
• dick - (North America) penis, insensitive male
• dickhead - (North America) penis head, insensitive male
• dike - (North America) a common misspelling of "Dyke"
• dirt track rider - (Australia) gay male, refers to anal sex
• dolly - prostitute, usually young and/or inexperienced (term used as early as 18th-century, perhaps earlier)
• double adapter - (Australia) a bisexual
• doughnut puncher - (North America) gay male
• Down Low - (US) see "on the down low"
• dyke - (North America) lesbian, many possible origins: may come from "dyked out" or getting dressed up; possibly from hermaphrodite → maphrodite → maphrodike or from Boudicca, a female Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe
  

  E

• Egg Roll Dick - (North America) an Asian Male, because the stereotypical uncircumcised asian penis looks like a small egg roll
• Eleanor - (US) a lesbian - based on the belief that Eleanor Roosevelt was secretly a lesbian
• Esther, Aunt - (US) hatchet faced old battleaxe (from character portrayed by LaWanda Page on Sanford & Son)
• eunuch - (UK & US) a castrated or otherwise emasculated male
  

  F

• fag - (North America) gay male, derived from the term "Fag Boy" for servant boys in British boarding schools. Etymology in this case refers to "fagged" as tired from their servitude. No longer widely used in Britain. Also a British term for cigarette. See also "faggot."
• fagela - (Jews) term for gay male. This word is not derived from Hebrew or Yiddish, it was just an adaptation of the term "fag."
• fag hag - (North America) a heterosexual woman who prefers the company of male homosexuals
• fag trap - (North America) a heterosexual person who acts in a manner to attract homosexuals; see "queer bait"
• faggot - (North America) a gay male
• fagnostic - (North America) a gay person in denial about their sexuality. Contrived from the words fag and agnostic.
• fairy - (North America) effeminate and/or gay male
• fairy cake - (U.K. Commonwealth) literal translation is cupcake also an effeminate and/or gay male
• family - (North America) homosexual community
• fanny - (US) buttocks or (UK) vagina, or insensitive male
• felcher - (North America) a gay male that laps or sucks semen from the anus after anal intercourse
• feminazi - (US) a radical militant feminist, popularized by Rush Limbaugh
• feminista - (US) similar to feminazi, pronounced like Sandinista
• femme - (North America) female who has the traditional "feminine" role in a lesbian relationship; a woman or man with a more or less traditionally feminine, effeminate, or non-masculine gender presentation
• fish - (North America) a woman, or sex with a woman (dated gay slang) - possibly also derived from the feminist quote "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle"
• fish/fresh fish - (North America) gay prison slang for new prisoners (possible new sexual partners)
• fish face - (North America) a lesbian
• fish and finger pie - (UK Commonwealth & US) a lesbian (from a Beatles song)
• fish monger - (UK) a pimp
• flamer - (North America) effeminate, flamboyant gay male
• flame thrower - (North America) extremely flamboyant gay male; can also refer to a bouncer at a gay bar
• FNC - (US) spoken abbreviation of "effin c" / "fuckin' cunt", a severe term of derision towards females
• Frenchman - (North America) gay male, origins unknown
• fresh meat - (North America) gay prison slang for new prisoners (possible new sexual partners)
• friend of Dorothy - (North America) gay male, most likely originates with a stereotypical gay affinity for Judy Garland
• fruit - (North America) effeminate and/or gay male
• fuck-buddy / f buddy - (North America) someone having sexual relations with another of or not of the same sex while not holding a romantic relationship or tie to the person; in some instances, one is having a "true" relationship while keeping a "fuck-buddy" on the side usually in secret (having an affair).
• fudge packer - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex; originated as prison slang
• funny - (North America & UK) an outdated euphemism for "homosexual"
  

  G

• galboy - (North America) gay male who has the "feminine" role in a relationship
• Game / on the game - (UK) a prostitute
• Gameboy / Game Boy - (UK) a young gay male prostitute, possibly below age of consent (16)
• Gaandu - (India) - Kiss-Ass, Coward, slimy, cunning, most frequently used in India.
• gash gobbler - (North America) lesbian, refers to cunnilingus
• gawwad - (UK/US Military) literally a pimp, but more often a term for a homosexual (historically, Arabs employ/employed homosexuals or eunuchs to mind their consorts), frequently mispronounced "Gaywad" (from exposure to Arabic language)
• gay - (North America) male homosexual; weak, stupid, or bad, this usage implies that gay people or being gay is weak, stupid, or generally bad; however, gay is also the preferred synonym for homosexual or other terms when used respectfully.
  :Gay is also often used by very young children (as on a playground) to describe any sort of sexual act by their peers, from kissing on up, even if performed by two children of opposite sex. "Did you see Billy kissing Suzie?" "Yeah; that's so gay." This usage seems to become less common at approximately the age at which children discover the common meaning; until then, it's merely a mindless epithet.
• Gay American - (US) coined in 2004 by the disgraced governor of New Jersey
• Gaydar - (North America) the ability to non-verbally recognize homosexuals
• Gay or Just English? - (US) the perceived sexual ambiguity of English males
• Gay Wad - (Southern US) an effeminate or homosexual male (no etymological link to gawwad)
• gimp - (North America) a gay male sadomasochistic playmate, usually submissive - as noted in the film Pulp Fiction
• ginger - (UK) gay male, "Ginger Beer" = "Queer" in rhyming slang
• ginger pubes - (UK & Eire) (literally red public hair) term for a redhead/rousse
• girl - effeminate male, as in "don't be a girl"; or a gay male who has the "feminine" role in a relationship
• girlie-man - (North America) a weak or effeminate male, first popularized by Hans & Franz on Saturday Night Live. Used in 2004 by Schwarzenegger in his gubernatorial campaign to describe his opponents as "economic girlie-men."
• Gomer Pyle - (USMC) term for a gay male in the Marine Corps
• goo gobbler - (North America) gay male
• goober gobbler - (US) gay male
• goumada - (US, Italian-American) (often pronounced as "goo-ma") a mistress or kept woman, the implication being someone with whom you would regularly engage in sexual acts that were too dirty to do with your wife. Also comare. Originated as Mafia slang.
• gump - (US prisons) gay male
  

  H

• Hag - (UK Commonwealth & US) ugly female, old female, or old & ugly female
• Hag-fag - (North America) a male homosexual who prefers the company of heterosexuals, especially females, to that of gay men
• Hag, fag - (North America) Fag hag - the devoted female friend of a male homosexual (example Grace from "Will & Grace")
• Hagfish - (North America) a particularly vile form of "hag"
• half rice, half chips - (UK) bisexual
• harlot - (UK Commonwealth & US) prostitute (no longer in wide usage)
• Heblew - (US) juvenile term for a jewish homosexual
• Hermaphrodite - (UK Commonwealth & US) a word that is very disliked by intersexuals and the intersexual community. Also considered offensive when applied to transsexuals.
• het' / het's - (North America) contemptuous term for heterosexuals - contraction of hetero
• hetero - (UK Commonwealth & US) refers to a "straight" person; that is, a male who is attracted to females or vice versa.
• himbo - (North America) a dim-witted promiscuous male
• ho' - (North America) abbreviation of whore: sex worker; promiscuous woman; woman who does not conform to societies behavioural, sexual, and clothing norms
• hom - (Francophone countries & territories) gay male (short for "homo")
• homme - (Francophone countries & territories) a masculine or lesbian female
• homo - (North America) gay male, see homosexual
• homophobe - (US) literally one who fears homosexuals, however usually used as a slur against persons/parties who don't advocate gay marriage, or gays in the military, etc.
• homosexual - (UK Commonwealth & US) most often gay male, sometimes lesbian; invented in 1869. The Safe Schools Coalition of Washington's Glossary for school employees states: "Homosexual: Avoid this term; it is clinical, distancing and archaic. Sometimes appropriate in referring to behavior (although same-sex is the preferred adj.). When referring to people, as opposed to behavior, homosexual is considered derogatory and the terms gay and lesbian are preferred, at least in the Northwest."
• Hoover - (UK) someone who enjoys performing fellatio - from the British term for vacuum cleaner
• huwarr - (NYC & locality, esp. Brooklyn) a whore, pronunciation possibly a survival of "hoer" from the Dutch period (many Dutch derived pronunciations survive in NYC, especially Brooklyn)
• Humbert / Humbert Humbert - (UK & US) a man who is specifically attracted to pubescent girls - from the principle character in Lolita
• Humphries, Mr. - (UK) an extremely flamboyant mincing gay man. After the character from the British sitcom "Are You Being Served"
• Hustler - (North America) Gay male prostitute
• hussy - (UK Commonwealth & US) a sexually promiscuous female
• Hyacinth - (UK) an extremely domineering and emasculating wife/woman. After the main character of the British Sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances."
  

  I

• illegitimate - (UK Commonwealth & US) birth out of wedlock
• intersexual - (UK Commonwealth & US) a person born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. This term is considered offensive when applied to transexuals.
  

  J

• Jammy feminist - (?) lesbian
• Jezebel - (UK Commonwealth & US) a sexually promiscuous female, often one who is blamed for seducing an innocent male
• Jobby Jabber - (Scotland) gay male, literally "shit poker"
• John - (International) a guy that pays to get laid
• Joto - (Mexico) gay male, also used as prison slang
• Julie Andrews - (North America) see Mary Poppins
  

  K

• katzelmacher - (Germany) a well endowed Southern European homosexual male, literally "cat fucker"
• Klinger - (US) a heterosexual transvestite
• Kiddie Fiddler / Diddler - (UK) a pedophile
• King of Poppers - (US) a male that uses "poppers" (amyl nitrate) to relax the sphincters of his partners
• knob gobbler - (North America) gay male, refers to fellatio
• knob jockey - (UK) gay male, refers to anal sex
• Kosher Ghost - (Northeast US) a Hassidic or Orthodox Jew - based on the belief that highly observant Jews have sexual intercourse through a hole in a sheet
• Kosher Klansman - (Northeast US) a Hassidic or Orthodox Jew - see Kosher Ghost
• K-Y Kommando - (North America) gay male, refers to a lubricant used in anal sex
  

  L

• Ladies - (US) term used by sports coaches and sergeants to imply that their male athletes or male troops are behaving like women, not being masculine, or not giving 100%
• Ladyboy - (UK & Thailand) a preoperative transsexual male
• Lavender with Rage - (?) gay male
• Lebanese, Lebanon, "Lebanese Thespian" - (UK) a humorous malaprop for lesbian
• Legal Chicken - (UK Commonwealth & US) a young male homosexual at/over the age of consent
• leg licker - (UK & US) lesbian
• lemon - (?) lesbian
• lesbo - (North America) lesbian
• 'lester - (North America) term for a suspected molester
• lez - (North America) lesbian
• lezzer - (North America) lesbian
• Liberace Gay - (US) extremely flamboyant homo male, coined by Eric Cartman (Trey Parker) of South Park
• librarian - (?) lesbian
• light in the loafers - (US) effeminate and/or gay male
• limp wrist - (UK & North America) effeminate gay male
• Limp-wrist-long-nails - (UK & North America) a grossly effeminate male, usually homosexual and the catcher, often lacking in physical strength and horse sense
• Lipstick lesbian - (North America) a lesbian who does not have the appearance of the stereotypical butch lesbian. Rather, Lipstick Lesbians are labelled as such because their appearance typically is one that heterosexual males would find attractive.
• Lost Boys - (North America) victims/prospective victims of a male pedophile
• lot lizard - (North America) truck stop prostitute that services truckers in their truck cabs
• love that dare not speak its name - (UK) Victorian Era term for homosexuality and homosexuals
• lucky charms - (US) an Irish homosexual, coined by Eddie Murphy in the early 1980s
• Lucky Pierre - (North America) a gay male that enjoys simultaneously penetrating and being penetrated in threesomes
  

  M

• macho like Morrissey - (UK & Eire) publicly maintaining neutral sexuality or heterosexuality, but suspected of homosexuality, refers to Morrissey; see also "fagnostic"
• mama's boy - (North America) effeminate male who is controlled by his mother or has a good relationship with her
• mamhoon - (UK/US Military) a homosexual male, frequently mispronounced "manhoon" (from exposure to Arabic language)
• man - (North America) masculine female; or lesbian female who has the "masculine" role in a lesbian relationship. Also a masculine homosexual who takes the male role(as pitcher) in a homosexual sex act
• manflora - (Northern Mexico, Southwestern U.S.) a lesbian
• Mango - (North America) an extremely flamboyant effeminate homosexual male - from the character created by Chris Kattan for Saturday Night Live
• maricón - (Spain, Latin America & US) Spanish slur for male homosexual, also in common usage in U.S.
• mariposa - (Cuba), Spanish slur for male homosexual, literally "butterfly"
• Marmite Miner - (UK Commonwealth) a male homosexual, marmite (an edible yeast spread) resembles feces
• Mary - (UK Commonwealth & US) fem male homosexual
• Mary Poppins - (North America) flamboyant fem male homosexual
• may tag - (UK) sex with a gay male (prison slang)
• metro, (metrosexual) - A heterosexual male who adopts the style, appearence and sometimes mannerisms of a homosexual. (see queer bait)
• milf - (US) acronym for Mother Id Like to F**k, a particularly attractive middle aged woman, as noted in the film, "American Pie"
• mimbo - A male bimbo
• mince - (UK) to behave effeminately or as an effeminate gay male
• missy/missie - (North America) submissive male homosexual
• 'Mo - (US) contracted form of the word Homo ; also child molestor
• Moll - (UK & US) 18th & 19th-century - prostitute (ie. Moll Flanders ) / 20th-century - mistress (ie. gangster's moll)
• Molly - (UK & US) prostitute residing in a brothel
• Motherfucker - (US & UK) now mainly used as a non-sexual insult, it was originally a term for boys/men with Oedipal tendencies
• mucus fucker - (US Gay Males?) heterosexual male; refers to intercourse.
• muff diver - (North America) lesbian, refers to oral sex
• Muscle Mary - (UK) a buff, and frequently butch homosexual male
  

  N

• nailbiter, nailchomper - (?) A very masculine male homosexual who is also the man in a homosexual act; a grossly masculine lesbian
• nance - (UK & US) variant of nancy
• nancy - (UK & US) effeminate male, see mama's boy
• nancy boy - (UK & US) variant of nancy
• necro - (?) short for necrophiliac.
• nellie - (North America) variant of nelly
• nelly - (North America) effeminate gay male
• no name - (Latin America & Phillipines) pejorative term from homosexuals
• nonce - (UK Commonwealth) pedophile
• non-dairy creamer - (US) a woman with large obvious breast implants
• nun & nunnery - (UK) Elizabethan era slang for prostitutes and brothels
• nunita - (Latin America) slang term for a promiscuous female
• nympho - (UK Commonwealth & U.S.) short for nymphomaniac

  O

• Oklahomo - (US) gay cowboy (esp. if actually from Oklahoma or North Texas)
• old lady - wife; (North America) a gay male (prison slang)
• on the down low - (US) a closeted homosexual who carries on a superficially heterosexual life, often with a wife and children, but actively practices homosexuality in secret; particularly in the African-American community.
• one of them/those - (US & UK) homosexual

  P

• pansy - (US) an effeminate male; used as a synonym for gay
• pantywaist - (US) three meanings depending on context: wimp/sissy/weak male, effeminate straight male, or gay male
• Peanut Butter Lover - (US) someone that enjoys anal intercourse - usually gay
• pederast - (UK Commonwealth) male who has relationships with a pubescent boy; slur when used to describe same sex relationships or sexual acts that are not
• Peter Pan - (US) a male paedophile that seeks Lost Boys
• peter puffer - (US) gay male, refers to oral sex
• pillow biter - (North America) a gay male who receives during intercourse
• pink mafia - (North America) lesbian
• pillow muncher - (North America) a gay male who receives during intercourse
• pink taco maxican - (US) lesbian, refers to cunnilingus
• pink triangle - (US) nazi symbol for homosexuals, now used as a symbol of gay pride
• pipeuse - (Francophone countries/territories) a female cocksucker
• pipuer - (Francophone countries/territories) a male cocksucker
• pitcher - (North America) the giver of anal intercourse - usually gay
• pivot man - (North America) the guy that drinks the cup in a "circle jerk"
• player for the other team - (North America) homosexual (not necessarily a slur)
• player of the pink oboe - (UK) a gay man who performs fellatio - best known through Peter Cook's satire
• playo - (Latin America) term for a homosexual
• pole smoker - (US) a person who performs fellatio
• poof - (UK Commonwealth) short for poofter
• poofta - (UK Commonwealth) variant of poofter
• poofter - (UK Commonwealth) effeminate and/or gay male
• pooter poker - (US) gay male, refers to anal sex
• power bottom - (US) enthusiastic gay recipient of anal intercourse (active participant with muscle control)
• prick - (US) penis, insensitive male
• prick-teaser - (US) a woman that gives the false impression that intercourse in imminent
• Princess Margaret - (UK) an extremely flamboyant gay male
• puff - (UK) variant of poofter
• puffer - (North America) male that performs fellatio
• puffta - (UK Commonwealth) variant of poofter
• puffter - (UK Commonwealth) variant of poofter
• punk - (US) in prison slang, punk refers to someone who is treated as a sexual submissive
• pussy/puss - (US) vagina, effeminate and/or gay male. weak male.
• Puss in Boots - (North America) a dominatrix
• pussy whipped - (US) a person in a relationship with a woman in which the woman is dominant
• puta - (Spain, Latin America, North America) term for prostitute or other woman of easy virtue
• putilla - (Spain) young woman of easy virtue
  

  Q

• queefer - (North America) a woman that "queefs" with her vagina, the "queefing" (making a fart sound with trapped air) may be voluntary or involuntary
• queen - (UK Commonwealth & US) effeminate or cross-dressing gay male
• queer - (US) strange or unusual; a member of any sexual minority; gay; lesbian; a less than masculine male homosexual who takes the female role (i.e. the catcher) in a homosexual sex act. bisexual or transgender
• queer eye - (US) the perceived flair for style, interior decoration, and fashion possessed by gay men
• queer bait - (US) a heterosexual male mistaken for a homosexual, or an effeminate hetero-male
  

  R

• Rectal Wrangler - (North America) gay male (early 21st century)
• Rectum Raider - (North America) gay male
• Richard - (US) see dick / (UK) bullied emasculated husband of a domineering woman - see Hyacinth
• Roland - (UK) gay male
• roll-aids - (North America) HIV positive gay male in wheelchair, highly pejorative
• rough trade - (UK Commonwealth & US) extremely masculine gay personna, often with a criminal edge - the biker is a popular motif
• rug doctor - (North America) lesbian, refers to cunnilingus
• rug muncher - (North America) lesbian, refers to cunnilingus
• rump ranger - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex

  S

• salad tosser - (North America) one who performs anilingus
• salami smuggler - (North America) gay male
• San Francisco treat - (North America) gay sex or Rice-a-Roni
• sapphic - (UK Commonwealth & US) lesbian, after the Greek lyric poet Sappho
• sausage jockey - (North America) gay male
• Screamer - (North America) an extremely flamboyant male homosexual
• seme - (Japan) dominant gay male in intercourse, refers to anal sex - usage has spread to some parts of US
• semen swallower / sucker - (North America) self explanatory
• Senór Eater - (US) juvenile term for a hispanic homosexual
• sharmuta - (US/UK Military) bitch or whore (from exposure to Arabic language)
• she-male - (UK Commonwealth & US) a preoperative transsexual man, see "chick with dick"
• shirt lifter - (North America, UK) gay male
• shit shoveler - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• shit stabber - (North America) gay male, refers to anal sex
• shrew - (UK Commonwealth & US) wife given to nagging
• silicone sister - (North America) woman with large breast implants - from pop tune "Blinded By The Light" performed by Bruce Springsteen and also by Manfred Mann
• sissy - (North America) effeminate and/or gay male
• sissy boy - (North America) variant of sissy
• sister - (UK Commonwealth & US) gay male (prison slang)
• skank - (North America) promiscuous, usually unattractive, most often female
• skin flautist - (North America) male that plays the "skin flute", fellatist
• skippy poofter - (AUS) gay male immigrant, uncommon insult in Australia, skippy is Australian slang for kangaroo and a slur used towards immigrants
• slag - (UK) promiscuous female, usually unattractive (British equivalent of skank)
• Mr. Slave - (North America) a gay male sadomasochistic playmate, usually submissive - as noted in the TV show South Park
• slick leg/legged - (North America) a male that receives simulated intercourse by means of lubricant between his thighs (no actual penetration), the recipient may be willing or coerced (prison slang)
• slut - (UK Commonwealth & US) promiscuous woman, woman who does not conform to societies behavioural, sexual, and clothing norms
• sodomite - gay male, refers to sodomy
• South Beach Diet - (Florida) a euphemism for the high-protein liquid diet enjoyed by many gay residents
• spunk bucket - (UK) an extremely promiscuous woman, or low class prostitute
• spunk monkey - (UK) a gay male that enjoys performing fellatio (also spunky monkey)
• spunk junkie - (UK) a gay male that enjoys performing fellatio and ingesting semen
• streetwalker - (North America) low class prostitute
• suceuse - (Francophone countries/territories) a female cocksucker
• sucuer - (Francophone countries/territories) a male cocksucker
• sugar in his coffee / too much sugar in his coffee - (US) effeminate and/or gay black male
• Sukokov - (US) juvenile term for a Russian/Slavic homosexual - pronounced "suck cock off"
• swings both ways - (UK Commonwealth & US) a bisexual
• swisher - (UK Commonwealth & US) gay male
• switch-hitter - (North America) a bisexual
• sword fighter - (North America) a male that participates in the juvenile practice of "sword fights" where two or more males "fence" with their penises
• sword swallower - (North America) a person (female or male) that can deep throat a large penis
  

  T

• tacos & hot dogs - (US) bisexual female, from an Anne Heche sketch on Saturday Night Live
• tall drink of cock sucker - (US) attractive woman, refers to oral sex. Derived from the phrase "tall drink of water" with a similar, non-sexual meaning.
• tallywhacker toker - (North America) gay male, refers to fellatio
• tart - (UK) a promiscuous woman
• t-bird - (North America) masculine female, see tomboy
• three-legged woman - (North America) a male homosexual; an effeminate homosexual who takes the female role in a homosexual act
• Thriller - (North America) a high profile, stylish and/or wealthy paedophile
• tibo - (Phillipines) a masculine female, variation of tomboy
• Tinkerbell - (North America) a gay male - also the name of a famous fairy from Peter Pan
• Tinky Winky - (UK Commonwealth & US) an effeminate or gay male, after the reputedly purple gay moppet from the children's TV program Teletubbies - note the similarity of the name to "twinkie"
• Todger Dodger - (Scotland) a lesbian, because she "dodges" (avoids) the "todger" (penis)
• tomboy - (North America) masculine female
• Tongue Fu - (US) term for lesbian cunnilingus or a lesbian (rhymes with Kung Fu)
• top - (UK Commonwealth & US) dominant gay partner
• tortillera - (Spain) lesbian
• tosser - (UK Commonwealth) a male who masturbates frequently - see "wanker"
• tourist - (UK) a heterosexual who visits gay bars to "watch the natives" and "experience the culture" without integrating themselves into it (unlike a Dyke Tyke); a bisexual, typically in a heterosexual relationship, who frequents gay bars for the purpose of procuring one-off gay sex (both terms are used almost exclusively by the gay community)
• tradesman - (UK) a gay male, because by custom a "tradesman" comes in the back door
• tramp - (North America) promiscuous woman, woman who does not conform to society's behavioral, sexual, and clothing norms
• tranny - (UK Commonwealth & US) a transgender or transsexual person
• Tranny-Saurus-Rex - (US) an exceptionally large masculine transsexual
• Transgender - a preoperative transsexual woman, or a transgendered woman
• trawler / tunaboat - (North America) woman with unpleasant vaginal odor
• troia - (Italy) - promiscuous woman, after Helen of Troy
• tuppence licker - (UK) lesbian, refers to cunnilingus
• turd burglar - (US) gay male, refers to anal sex
• Turk - (UK Commonwealth & US) gay male, refers to practice of sodomy thought by some to be common among Turkish men - as suggested by the film Midnight Express
• Tutti Frutti - (UK Commonwealth & US) a gay or bisexual male - from the song by Little Richard
• twink / twinkie - (North America) pretty young gay male, barely of legal age, slight of build, and usually hairless (possibly derived from the pastry "twinkie" because a twink is also a cream filled treat)
• Twinkletoes - (North America) a gay man that loves to dance
• Twisted Sister - (North America) a very unattractive or manly transvestite or transexual, from the Dee Snider character from the 80's rock band of the same name
  

  U

• uke - (Japan) a gay male who takes during intercourse (originally just a Japanese term, now marginally used in US)
• underwear model - (North America) euphemism for gay male (apologies to Markie Mark)
• uphill gardener - (UK) gay male, refers to anal sex

  V

• vag' - (North America) a term of objectification for a female, contraction of vagina pronounced "vaj"
• vagitarian - (US) lesbian
• vamp - (early 20th century US & UK) a seductive malevolent woman (derived from "vampire", for example Theda Bara in the film The Vamp
• vicio aleman - (early 20th century Spain and Latin America) - homosexuality, literally "the German vice" , no longer in common use
  

  W - Z

• wanker - (UK Commonwealth) a male who masturbates frequently; general term of abuse, only considered marginally vulgar
• weak sister - (North America) effeminate male
• Weapons of Ass Destruction - (North America) gay males, especially well hung ones
• 'West Hollywood' - (US West Coast) an esoteric reference to homosexuality, after an area of Los Angeles stereotypically popular with gay men
• whore - (UK Commonwealth & US) literally sex worker; promiscuous woman; woman who does not conform to society's behavioural, sexual, and clothing norms
• whussy poofer - (UK) lesbian
• wife beater - (US) Hetero - abusive husband / Homo - abusive dominant partner; also (UK) any bland imported lager, especially Stella Artois
• wimp - (North America) effeminate male
• woman - (UK Commonwealth & US) effeminate male, as in "don't be a woman"; or a gay male who has the "feminine" role in a relationship
• woman on the other bus - (North America) lesbian
• woofta - (UK Commonwealth) variant of poofter
• woofter - (UK Commonwealth) variant of poofter
• wuss/wussy/wussie - (US) weak, effeminate and/or gay male
• & Gabrielle - (North America) lesbians/lesbian couple, based on the perception that the main characters from the TV program Xena were lesbians
• yummy mummy - (Australia) a particularly attractive middle aged woman, see milf
• zulu - (Australian) a well hung man, refers to the stereotypical size of black penises.
  

  External links

• Some Labels to Choose From
• Thesaurus Entry for homosexual
• Words that Describe Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual People
• "Alphabet Soup" Common LGBT Terms & Definitions
• Annotated Links to LGBT/Queer Studies Resources
• Studies on Gay & Lesbian Language: A Partial Bibliography Compiled by: Gregory Ward, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University