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Stu Spelling Bee

What's the funniest euphemism for homosexuality you've heard?

My mother's cousin (my first cousin once removed) is a lesbian. When her mother, an eastern European immigrant born in 1901, began to figure that out, she asked her, "Are you a Libyan?" LOL.

Posted - September 18, 2021
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  • 13395
    Love over the rainbow
      September 18, 2021 9:17 PM MDT
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  • 16826
    "Carpentry" for lesbianism. Something about tongue and groove.
      September 19, 2021 4:25 AM MDT
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  • 11087
    I wouldn't consider that a euphemism. I would call it a malapropism. I don't think I know any funny euphemisms for homosexuality, but I have heard several demeaning or offensive ones. I won't repeat them here.
      September 19, 2021 8:45 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    When homosexual acts between men were illegal in Britian (from some time in the 19C to about 1963, I think), newspaper obituries allegedly sometimes used the tem "confirmed bachelor".

    The obvious problem being that it could trap the reputation of men who were heterosexual but could not find a wife or preferred to stay single!
      September 20, 2021 5:58 AM MDT
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  • 1502
    There's a subreddit called "Sappho and her friend," which I think is pretty humorous. It originally seemed to allude to historians' utter incapacity to read homoerotic documents as such.
      September 20, 2021 6:06 AM MDT
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  • 1305
    My aunt once telephoned me and said that she'd fallen over her rug and hurt her leg and that she was a "rug muncher" to the girls at work, I said No you're not, that is a euphemism for a lesbian, she was mortified.  
      September 21, 2021 4:01 PM MDT
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  • The character of Blanche Devereaux of TV's "The Golden Girls" said it best:  "Lebanese" 
      September 21, 2021 4:26 PM MDT
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  • "Friend of Dorothy" is apparently an old fashioned euphemism for a homosexual man. It may refer to Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, as Judy Garland was an early gay icon. 

      September 23, 2021 9:49 AM MDT
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  • Yes, "Friend of Dorothy" does refer to Dorothy of "The Wizard of Oz."  How about a "Friend of Toto?" 
      September 24, 2021 6:38 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    It doesn't fit your category but I love it - - upon meeting people -- they're "Gay until proven guilty"

    :)
      December 30, 2021 6:50 PM MST
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