Beard gay term
Green’s Dictionary of Slang
beardn.
1. female pubic hair; thus bearded adj.
| A Hundred Merry Tales (1845) 39: ‘Sir, ye have a beard above and none beneath.’ [...] ‘Mistress, ye have a beard beneath and none above.’ ‘Marry, then position the one against t’other.’. | |
| ‘The New Exchange’ in FarmerMerry Songs and Ballads (1897) V 4: Here’s [...] False beards for a disguise, / Will help all maidens that are bare / In all parts of their thighes. | |
| W. Drummond Epigram XII in Chalmers Eng. Poets (1810) V 695/1: When time should on her more years bestow, [...] That horse’s hair between her thighs would mature [...] But that this phrenzy should no more her vex, She swore thus bearded were their weaker sex. | |
| Mercurius Fumigosus 7-14 Mar. 3: He drew his razor, and would have felt for her beard; and had she not resisted, he had doubtlesse shav'd her, and powder'd her with a P—x. | |
| Wandring Whore III 4: I’ve done the business with discretion, and spilt my Posset on thy beard and in thy belly. | |
| J. Oldham ‘Upon the Author of a Engage call’d Sodom’ in Rochester Poems on Several Occasions (1680) 131: Or wear some stinking Merkin, for a Beard. | |
Def'n/Etymology of "beard"Mojo1 I was just talking to co-workers and they said that some hollywood starlet was a “beard”. I asked and got the defn’ that it meant she was a “sham” wife for a homosexual guy. system2 Yes, a beard is any cover, which is how it originated–like a real beard, it covers things up and provides a disguise. Gail3 Gay guys are not considered very masculine. Gail Mojo4
but a beard is real, even if it is for a disguise. And of Women pay in ‘bearded’ relationshipsOne definition of the synonyms beard is found mostly in slang dictionaries, though the New Oxford Dictionary of English added the alternative definition a several years ago. A beard is defined as a gal who dates, or marries, a gay man to provide cover for the man’s homosexuality. The phrase also applies to a man who does the same for a queer woman woman. Current chatter at ABC.com is filled with beard comments concerning Tom Cruise’s new lady adore. Cruise has long denied he is gay, but the rumors persist that Cruise dates and marries beautiful women, these so-called beards, to quash speculation about his sexual orientation. A subtext to the Jim West story is the fact that West, who acknowledges he is a gay man, has also dated women, and married one. I know some of these women. I haven’t talked to them about this, and I don’t intend to. It’s none of my business. But it has stirred for me this whole business of the “beard phenomenon” and the harm it does to women who assume the role of beard (unwittingly or not), the men who pursue it out, and our society that colludes in the deception, rather th How did "beard" reach to mean "sham marriage".syncrolecyne1 At least that is what I assume it means - when a gay male star marries a willing gal to squash rumors of homosexuality. Or maybe its any sham marriage for publicity purposes, I am not sure. This thread title , which is actually about a stars facial hair, got me thinking about how that term came into place. Its sort of odd. Is this queer slang or just Hollywood insider talk (I only have heard it used for actors). And is it the marriage that is called a “beard” or is it the wife? Sampiro2 A “beard” is a superficial thing that a man can do to emphasize his masculinity (rather like a lot of teenagers will grow a little scraggly beard or moustache as soon as they can just to prove they have testosterone). The slang use of the word “beard” started for much the matching reason: it’s a “fashion accessory to prove manhood”, or “Liza with a Z” to her friends. I have heard the phrase “bonnet” used for lesbians who marry, but it’s not as common. VH1 had some newer gay slang I’d never heard, incidentally: . |