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Bead-Reading To tell someone off, preferably with and audience -1960s- "Honey, I'd read your beads, but I know absolutely nothing about costume jewelry" Ramon Navarro King George V as Prince of Wales Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence Harvey Keitel, The Duellists, 1977 Winston Churchill at 21 Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and King of Hungary colorized by Mario Unger Czar Nicholas II of Russia, first cousin of George V, colorized by Mario Unger

Juicy Fruit A gay man who has diarrhea -1960s- "So we all headed over to Boston for the weekend for their Bean Festival and then we went to the flicks to see Montgomery Clift get eaten alive by the natives in Suddenly Last Summer, and you might as well have called us a box of juicy fruits. Nobody made it to the last scene."

Peacock Palace A men's clothing shop specializing in flamboyant styles -1960s- "Have you heard there's a new peacock palace in town that specialized in brocade jock straps? I'm now offiially mad about brocade! You should see the shopkeeper there! He talked me into one last week. I'm gonna go down there and see if I can get him to talk me out of it this week"

Milky Way A well-worn path in a park or the woods known for cruising -1960s- "I visited the Milky Way last weekend and met this older guy who said he was rich and owned a yacht, but that his access to it was tied up in probate at the moment. So I let him suck my dick."

Bear A large and/or hairy gay man -1980s- In 1979 Advocate published a satirical article by writer George Mazzei, entitled "Who's Who in the Zoo" which assigned, via the illustrations of cartoonist Gerald Donelan, animal bodies to several types of gay men, including bears, owls, cats, dogs, marmosets and swans. Not long thereafter, in 1987 Richard Bulger and Chris Nelson founded Bear Magazine which included models which fit the physical description. Jack Radcliffe was an early model who epitomized the ideal "muscle bear" with a full and solid hairy body and handsome bearded face.

"I'm just a dandy lion" Friend of Dorothy Someone who is also gay -a member of the club- "Say the secret word" -1940s- "Those dungarees and that leather jacket really suit you, Percy, I can't help but wonder if you might also be a Friend of Dorothy." Frank L. Baum's May 17, 1900 book, the Wizard of Oz, introduced a world of weird characters, and a little girl named Dorothy who befriended a tin man, a scarecrow, and a cowardly lion. The lion became a "dandy" when Harold Arlen wrote the lyric "I'm just a dandy lion" for the 1939 film classic tune "If I only had a brain". The dandiness (a word used to describe aesthetes and somewhat effeminate men) and cowardice of the self-aware lion is such code for "queer" in the pre-Stonewall world, a world in which it was only natural for those "unnatural" men to seek each other out in not just a sexual but a social way as well. Being a friend of "Dorothy" must have taken on added meaning when, coincidentally or not, the funeral of Judy Garland and the Stonewall riot happened on the same day in the same city in the summer of 1969. Without knowing it at the time, events were setting in motion conditions for the creation of a world in which we could actually attempt to live "somewhere over the rainbow" and even create and wave a rainbow banner which said so. "I'm just a dandy lion"

Wanda Wandwaver A braggart who constantly reminds us of his natural gifts -1960s- "That Wanda Wandwaver goes on and on about the size of his Oscar Meyer - the other day he told me he got on the bus at the pier, and standing, turned to look out a window and stabbed a seated midshipman in the eye with it."

Fifi Bag A slit sponge lubricated with vaseline, placed inside a baggie, for fucking, in an emergency (as in a prolonged dry spell) -1960s- "I'm headed out of town into strange territory, and I hope I remember to take my Fifi bag, just in case I strike out at Loveless Motel this weekend" Named in honor of Fifi , the name of every French whore

Bona Dish In the British secret gay language Polari Bona=Good Dish=Ass "Nice Ass" -1960s-

Margo Polo Camp designation for any Italian gay man -1960s- "I'll just never understand why that Margo Polo is a bottom. What a waste of 8 inches of Italian sausage!"

Eclair Queen A rich homosexual -1960s- "There goes a real eclair queen. He has his own pool! Can you just imagine the parties?!"

Pocket Pool Fondling your cock and balls while your hands are inserted into your pants pockets -1930s- "I love to walk into mattress shops and ask salesmen to explain to me the merits of one type over another, looking him straight in in the eye while vigorously playing pocket pool, and watching his reaction"

Canned Fruit A homosexual who hides his sexuality from all but his closest associates -1950s- "I'm going to open a new account at First National Bank today - I'm skipping the free toaster offer, and I'm gonna look that new teller straight in the eye and tell him I'd rather have the canned fruit."

Gorilla Salad Thick, dark, hairy pubes -1960s- "I like the guy, but ever time we're together, I spend 2 days with a toothpick getting out all that gorilla salad stuck in my teeth"

Playing the Piano Giving someone an oral/anal ass-licking tongue or rim job, probably a reference referencing Rimsky Korsakov piano concertos. 1960s "I sure would like to play a Rimsky Korsakov tune on his piano"

Nancy Boy A queer man; taken from "Nance", a generic role for an actor who played an effeminate man in burlesque theatre houses -1930s- From Columbian College History News Network "The ‘nance,’ or Nancy Boy, was a gay burlesque character from the 1930s who brought guffaws and belly laughs as he pranced about the stage, creating campy scenes and sketches of gay life. He put on an outrageous show and audiences loved him. In the late 1930s, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, fearful of how the lurid burlesque shows would make his city look in the upcoming World’s Fair of 1939, cracked down on the houses. Part of LaGuardia’s anger was aimed at the Nance, whom critics said created audiences of lusty gay men having sex in the dark balconies of the burlesque emporiums. It was an outrage, the Mayor said, and police began swooping down on burlesque shows, closing many and forcing others to drop the nance act or greatly curb it."

Nora Naugahyde Someone who wears leather in order to assert his dubious masculinity -1960s- "Get a load of Nora Naugahyde. I've got as much butch in my left little toe as he does in his whole closet of that leather drag!"

Street Trick Someone you meet on the street who you pick up for sex -1970s- "I was cruising over at Aluminum city and picked up this cute street trick who was standing outside the the Vagabond bar keying another guy's car. He invited me over to his tin can and I got rug burn on my knees from the shag carpeting when he fucked me on the floor"

Click here to read an article about the process on the National Park Service website Blue Discharge From 1945 to 1947, gays discovered in the US armed forces received less than honorable discharges and were often sentenced to hard labor, without an appeal process -1940s- "My buddy Fred survived D Day on Omaha Beach but didn't survive the army - they gave him a blue discharge!" Click here to read an article about the process on the National Park Service website

Wrecked To be shocked by an action or piece of information, or publicly embarrassed by a situation or a perceived adversary -1970s- "The other night I was at Kitty's Arcade and saw my boss go into one of the booths. I was just wrecked!"

Alice Blue GownA campy term for someone who is a copor is dressed as a cop -1970s- from the title of a 1919 song about the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, who was famed for a dress she wore."Gentlemen, be forewarned that we expect a visit this evening from Alice Blue Gown, so we remind you not to be seen touching anyone while there's a pig in the building, and absolutely no dancing"or, conversely, "Oh come here you big burly Alice Blue Gown, search my body cavities, and handcuff me, already!"

Polari A form of rhyming secret slang used by British gays of the 20th century to communicated in an era of homophobia and repression, up until the late 1960s "Bona to vada your dolly old eek" = "Good to see your beautiful face"

Rug Burn A painful friction rash caused by rough and repetitive skin contact on carpet during sex, especially to the knees or elbows -1950s- "My boyfriend complains that every time he fucks me on our new shag carpet, he get's rug burns on his knees. He fucks me dry - no lube or spit.. what does he think that's doing to my hole?"

Beach Bitch Gay guy who sets up a cruise station on the beach with a cooler full of treats for wayward men -1970s- "It's hard as fuck competing with these beach bitches who give out free shots and popper sniffs to anybody in a bulging speedo"

On the Down-Low Black men who don't identify as gay, but have sex with other men while maintaining a straight identity -1980s- "Michael's always talking about yodeling the canyon, but he's definitely on down-low for some big black cock."