Gay talk: a (sometimes outrageous) dictionary of gay slang (formerly entitled "The Queen's Vernacular."

By Bruce Rodgers

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399503927
• ISBN13: 9780399503924
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Paragon Books [1979]
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Must-Have

This is one of the most hysterical books ever written. Because almost every word has a handy sentence, providing a contectual and "sometimes outrageous" example of usage, every page is a laugh-out-loud introduction to wry observations, put-downs and the power of language. This book is camp, but most of all, this book is history and shows how the the Gay Community employed wit as a humorous weapon against oppression and marginalization and as a means of self-expression and identity. Not many dictionaries give as much as this one.

Laughed until I almost peed

Ok, this book is dated. But it gives an actually rather rare look into the "lingo" of gay men of the pre-Stonewall era. I met older gay men in the 70's who still used many of the terms defined in this treasure of a book. Many years later, we took turns reading sections out loud at a party. With tears rolling down my cheeks, I laughed until I almost peed.