introduction : Gay & Black Glossary

by Roedy Green ©1997-2008 Canadian Mind Products
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introduction

“He who controls vocabulary controls thought.”
~ Luigi Wittgenstein

Indroduction to the Gay & Black Glossary

This document defines terms you might find in personal ads by or for gay and/or black people. I give you more than definitions. I attempt to tell you the connotations of the words, and a little extra practical information about them. Be warned, I like to editorialise.

Because this language is so inventive, this glossary is always out of date. Please submit, errors, words to define or better still words with definitions to . Please also suggest additional definitions for words listed, and the connotative differences between synonyms.

Some of the entries are full essays in themselves, such as condoms, hanky, HIV+, safe sex, personals and Viagra.

Acknowledgments

Much of the vocabulary came from studying ads at Nubian (now defunct). Charles S. of Seattle and I watched the movie Boyz In the Hood Together. He clued me in to much of slang in the movie. Dickers (aka Ranger Rik) also provided some terms. Chris Bergstresser chris@subtlety.com clarified onanism and provided rent boy.

If you make a submission and would not mind credit here, please let me know.

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