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Cruising for sex or cruising is walking or driving about a locality, called a cruising ground, in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term is also used when technology is used to find casual sex, such as using an Internet site or a telephone service.
Cruising in Everett, Washington. Cruising is a social activity that primarily consists of driving a car. Cruising is distinguished from regular driving by the social and recreational nature of the activity, which is characterized by an impulsively random, often aimless course. A popular route (or "strip") is often the focus of cruising.
The appearance of public lavatories, like this one in Pond Square, Camden, London, is the origin of the term cottaging.. Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage" [1] or "tea-room" [2]), [3] or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere.
Down-low, sometimes shortened to DL, is an African-American slang term [1] specifically used within the African-American community that typically refers to a sexual subculture of black men who usually identify as heterosexual but actively seek sexual encounters and relations with other men, practice gay cruising, and frequently don a specific hip-hop attire during these activities.
The anti-gay signs first put up in the 1990s read 'No U-turn' to discourage men from cruising in the Silver Lake neighborhood. Now locals celebrate it's removal.
In the 1970s, the modern hanky code developed as a semiotic system of sexual advertising popular among the gay leather community of the United States [3] and cruising scene more broadly. Businesses across the country used the hanky code in advertisements to gay clientele. [4] [5] The origin of the modern hanky code is disputed.
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In text threads, social media comments, Instagram stories, Tik Toks and elsewhere, more people are using words like "slay," "woke," "period," "tea" and "sis" — just to name a few. While some ...