All my otters seemed so far away.

We realize that occasionally, a non-gay may stumble across this site and think, Just what the hell is going on here? It seems like it may be funny, but I just don't understand it! Well, we have the remedy for you (the understanding part, not the funny part—this site is not funny to the gays, either). It's About.com's glossary of gay slang compiled by your About.com gay host, black gay Ramon Johnson! This helpful index will make clear words that gays use all the time. For example:

"Highway to heaven"— The area between the scrotum and anus. It's [sic] techincal [sic] name is perineum.
"Manscaping"— The act of grooming, shaving or trimming hair on the male body. Derived from the word landscaping.
"Versatile bottom"—A versatile bottom is comfortable with a shared dominance in gay relationships; however sexually, enjoy being a bottom more than a top.*
And, of course...
"Yestergay"— A gay man who has chosen a heterosexual lifestyle.

If we had to use all these words in a sentence, which we hope we really never have to do, we'd say this, and get it all over with with one sentence: Yestergay Tom Cruise, after an hour of intense manscaping to keep his aging chest hairless, tried to ignore the memories of his first boyfriend's delectable highway to heaven and instead had lunch with versatile bottom, Katie Holmes.

So, we hope you enjoy this free resource and use it whenever you hear a gay say something you don't understand and that doesn't begin with "E," "I," "J," "K," "N," "X" or "Z."



*We don't even know where to put the [sic] in this random grouping of words.