Cd gay meaning
If you’ve been on dating or hook-up apps like Grindr or Scruff for more than a minute, then you might have reach across some cryptic language, coded and abbreviated to create the most of communicating sexual preferences. Because we all love efficiency when it comes to flirting and sex, right?
But to realize some of these gay hieroglyphics, you may need a little help deciphering them. So, we’ve put together a list of some frequently used phrases, acronyms, and other words you might encounter on the apps.
What are you into?
Asking what a person is into, or ‘into?’ is often the first thing sent between people when negotiating sex on a hookup app. This could include any sexual positions or sexual acts you prefer and other kinks that might interest you. When people ask this question, they might offer their retain “intos”, including some of the language below!
Sex positions
Assume the position! Ahem, we mean, what’s your sexual position? Some people can identify language like this limiting, as there is usually a great deal more to sex and hooking up than deciding who is going to be giving and who’s receiving during anal sex or neither. However, it’s almost always in employ – so it’s good t
A CD glossary
There are many common words and abbreviations that have a particular meaning in the crossdressing community. Here are a few:
- Being made, getting clocked: being read.
- Being read: being set up out when you’re attempting to pass.
- CD: crossdresser.
- Coming out: admitting you’re a crossdresser or a trans person, whether it’s to family, friends or the public at large.
- Drag: “dressed as a girl”. There’s also the less common antonym term, “drab”. Usually used like “drag queen”: someone who dresses for show or amusement value, or “street drag”: mixed-mode dressing for shock value. The term comes from the theatre of Shakespearean times, when women were not permitted in the theatre. Men played all parts; thus stage directions would state, for example, “Juliet, played by John Smith, DRessed As Girl” – which became abbreviated to DRAG.
- FTM: female-to-male (crossdressers or transsexuals).
- En femme: dressed and acting as a woman, from the French la femme: woman.
- Full-time: living 24 hours a day as a member of the opposite sex.
- Gaffing, tucking, padding, binding, taping: various techniques of con Get the Crossdresser mug.
A person who dresses in clothes normally only paired with the opposite gender. A man who dresses in womens clothes is a male to female (MtF) crossdresser, a female who dresses as a man is a female to male (FtM) crossdresser.
Crossdresser is often synonymous with the term transvestite and both only refer to the clothes a person is wearing without making any comment on which gender the person acts as (this is akin to transexuality or transgenderism) or their sexuality.My dad crossdressed as Marilyn Monroe for the Hallowe'en party.
My son is a crossdresser, he likes to lend his girlfriend's skirts.by pfunk_grrl September 29, 2006
Get the Crossdresser mug.A person who dresses in clothing often designated for the opposite sex. This can be seen in women and men. However, this is not be confused with performative queens/kings. The difference between the two is flamboyant queens/kings strive for a more stereotypical masculine/feminine stare whereas crossdressers try to look natural. A male crossdresser is known as a MtF (Male to Female) crossdresser. A female is known as a FtM (Female to Male) crossdresser. This is not to be confused with trans
LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary
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The terms and definitions below are always evolving, changing and often signify different things to different people. They are provided below as a starting point for discussion and understanding. This Glossary has been collectively built and created by the staff members of the LGBTQIA Resource Center since the early 2000s.
These are not universal definitions. This glossary is provided to help give others a more thorough but not entirely comprehensive understanding of the significance of these terms. You may even consider asking someone what they mean when they use a term, especially when they use it to illustrate their identity. Ultimately it is most important that each individual define themselves for themselves and therefore also define a word for themselves.
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