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'Sexual slang' is any slang term which makes reference to sex, gender and gender identity, sexuality, sexual activity, the sexual organs, or matters closely related to them.

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General usage

Pejorative usage

External links

General usage

In the popular of many cultures, the use of sexual slang is a form of humor or euphemism that often creates controversy over its public use. Sexual humor has been seen in many circles as crude and unsophisticated, as well as insulting towards the subject it describes.
The popularity of various comedians who indulge in sexual humor, from George Carlin to Kevin Bloody Wilson to Andrew Dice Clay, reflects the appeal of this form of speech. It is often seen as a form of taboo, in which much of the appeal lies in the shock value of daring to speak "forbidden" words in public.
Related to sexual slang is slang related to defecation and flatulence (toilet humor, scatolinguistics). References to the anal tract are often given a sexual connotation in the context of anal sex (in particular in a context of male homosexuality).
While popular usage is incredibly versatile in coining ever new short-lived synonyms, old terms with originally no pejorative colouring may come to be considered inappropriate over time. Thus, terms like ''arse/ass'', ''cunt'' and ''fuck'' should not be considered "slang," since they are the inherited common English terms for their referents, but they are often considered improper and replaced by euphemisms or scientific terminology in polite language.

Pejorative usage

Slurs are used to refer to members of a given sexual minority, gender, sex, or sexual orientation in a derogatory or pejorative manner. They are used as insults by persons who are not or do not wish to be associated with the group being disparaged. For example, ''gay'' may be used as a self-description by homosexual men, but when applied by a heterosexual man, the term is insulting (often generic, and not indicative of any homosexual characteristics the man may possess). Which terms are used as slurs is determined by a society's or subculture's set of values, especially its biases against genders (sexism). For example, words such as ''whore'' and ''slut'' have no male equivalent (though they are increasingly being applied to men as well as women).
Sexual slurs are common across many cultures and historical periods. The most common slurs directed against men historically include accusations of being a passive homosexual (Aristophanes notably enjoys using such allusions) or of being effeminate; for example, in the Hittite military oath, oath-breakers are threatened with being made into women (a promise of either actual castration, or of divine revenge on the traitors' manhood).

External links

★ Sex Dictionary — mostly non-slang terms; some slang also

★ Urban Dictionary — all types of slang

★ The World's Largest Collection of Masturbation Synonyms

★ An Intro to Dubious Sexual Terminology
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