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  abareskin adj. [1960s] (US camp gay) embarassing [joc. mispron. and ref. to bare skin]

baby crockett n. [1970s] (camp gay) a fake cowboy [proper name of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), the 19C Western hero, whose adventures were fictionalized in the 1950s US TV series]

cafeteria n. [1980s+] (US gay) anywhere that plays host to repeated oral sex, e.g. a public lavatory or bath-house. [one goes there to eat]

daisy chain n. 1 [1940s+] a spintry, i.e. a circle of three or more people, hetero- or homosexual, all linked physically in mutual sex acts; thus daisy-chainer, one who participates in such activities. 2 [1990s] (US campus) the connection between people who have had sex with the same person at different times.

easter queen n. [1960s+] (US gay) one who ejaculates prematurely [i.e. he comes quick as a rabbit']

fan one's ass, to phr. [1960s+] (US Black) to move one's buttocks in an exaggerated manner with the deliberate intention of attracting one's audience sexually, usu. of homosexuals.

gayola n. 1. [1960s+] (US Und.) pay-offs and bribes made to police to permit running of gay clubs. 2 [1980s+] (US) a homosexual man.

half a man n. [1970s+] (US Black) a passive homosexual.

icing expert n. [1960s+] (gay) a fellator.

Jewish by hospitalization phr. [1950s+] (gay) circumcised but not Jewish.

Shamelessly lifted from Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, by Jonathon Green