How good is your gay slang? Well, I assumed everyone picked up at least some gay slang through teenage viewings of The L Word, but it turns out not everyone was as obsessed with boob shots as I was. We made a video to find out if straight people know what different gay slang words really mean and it turns out that, on the whole, they do not. They emphatically do not. But the guesses are pretty incredible. (I mean, every group has a term for insects on your genitals, right?) I do feel for them though, sex terminology always varies between different groups of people and it can be hard to pick up on. Fun fact: in England "fanny" does not mean butt. It absolutely does not mean your bottom. I wouldn't say I learned that the hard way, but I would say I learned it the awkward, embarrassing, and hilarious way.
But this video can save you from some of that embarrassment. And it will give you the joy of watching some silly, imaginative stabs in the dark. Maybe you'll learn something — I was happy to discover that I am a unicorn! Well, depending on the... umm... horses involved.
Just watch the video and you'll understand.
Here are my favorite guesses:
1. Fruit Fly
Best Guess: "Like a gnat... on your genitals"
Come on guys, it's a gay words quiz! Focus!
2. U-Haul
Best Guess: "Like all the people they had sex with could go in a U-Haul."
Couldn't the amount of people anyone's had sex with fit in a U-Haul?
3. Gold Star
Best Guess: "Does it have to do with pee?"
Another guess is the "the gayest of all gays," which I felt deserved honorable mention.
4. Platinum Gay
Best Guess: "The luxury model."
OK, I admit I did not know this one.
5. Unicorn
Best Guess: "Like someone who has a dildo strapped to their head?"
Maybe it's just me, but I would say having a dildo strapped to your head is rarer than a threesome, right?
6. Size Queen
Best Guess: "Someone who only care about size."
We all knew this one.
7. Pillow Princess
Best Guess: "You kinda, like, lay there and you kinda, like, get done."
I maintain that "giggling starfish" should be used across women of all orientations, but pillow princess works.
8. Gal Pals
Best Guess: "Maybe two gals who are pals who also have sex with each other."
This has happened to me while I had my tongue in a girl's mouth.
9. Side
Best Guess: "It's a somersault."
Hey, it could involve somersaults.
10. Otter
Best Guess: "Otters like to swim on their backs. Is it something to do with that?"
That drawing is too cute not to be included in this.
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