Paperback. Erotic slang words from around the English-speaking world number well into the tens of thousands, but the history of terms used to describe gay sexual activities comes from violently opposing sources: one, the discreet network of gays and lesbian who created terms for their modes of sexual practice; the other, those who found homosexuality disgusting and created phrases to denigrate its proponents. The result, a coded language, for better or worse, that celebrates sexuality in all its queerness. A riotous and informative collection of erotic slang words from Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, and other English-speaking nations. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Outbursts! (Paperback)
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1551521512
ISBN 13: 9781551521510
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Erotic slang words from Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, and other English-speaking nations number well into the tens of thousands. But the history of terms used to describe the sexual activities of gays and lesbians have opposing sources: one, the discreet networks of gay men and lesbians who sought to come up with a new terminology for the pleasures of their secret lives; and the other, those who found gay sexuality repellent, and created phrases that denigrated and insulted its proponents. The result? A coded language, for better or worse, that celebrates sexuality in all its queerness.

A. D. Peterkin shows how euphemism, camp humor, rhyme, acronym, and secret code have all been recruited imaginatively by gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals to name what was thought to be unnamable.

A. D. Peterkin is a Toronto psychiatrist and journalist.

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Allan Peterkin is a Toronto psychiatrist and journalist.

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