Gay Slang
Slang developed in the 1970s to allow the speakers to converse in public without drawing attention – usually referring to girls' names often with the first letter in common with the intended meaning:
- abigail – abortion
- ada – backside
- agatha – a gossip
- aida – AIDS
- amanda – amazing
- annie – anus
- barbara – straight man
- belinda – blind
- bella – to hit or slap "I will bella you if you don't stop staring at that beulah."
- beulah – beautiful, usually referring to a good looking guy
- cilla (from Priscilla) – cigarette
- betty – black person
- carol – cry
- chlora – coloured person
- connie – condom
- cora – common
- dora – a drink; drunk
- elsie geselsie – chatterbox
- erica – erection
- esterjie – ecstasy
- frieda – sexually frustrated
- fuella – furious
- gail – chat
- gayle – the name for this slang
- gonda – a vagina
- harriet – hairy man
- hilda – ugly (or horrible), usually referring to a not-so good looking guy
- jenny – masturbate
- jessica – jealous
- julia – jewellery
- laura – lover
- lettie – lesbian
- lisa – male model
- lulu – laugh
- marie – mad
- marjorie – margerine
- mary – obvious homosexual
- mathilda – migraine
- maureen – murder
- mavis – effeminate queen
- mildred – mentally deranged
- milly – crazy (mad) – milder than mildred
- mitzi – small
- monica – money
- nancy – no
- nelly – neurotic
- nora – stupid
- olga – old and ugly
- pandora – inquisitive queen
- patsy - dance, party
- polly – Portuguese homosexual
- priscilla – policeman
- rita – rent boy
- sheila – defacate (from shit)
- stella – steal
- trudy – someone that's beyond help
- vera – vomit
- lodge- huis
- prem- car (
Read more about this topic: List Of South African Slang Words, Special-use Slang
Famous quotes containing the words gay and/or slang:
“If love the virgin’s heart invade,
How, like a moth, the simple maid
Still plays about the flame!”
—John Gay (1685–1732)
“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)