Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shirt lifter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: shirt lifter
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of bottom: a gay man who is penetrated or prefers to be penetrated during anal sex.

British usage; Slang

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shirt, lifter.

Etymology

From the imagined lifting of a long shirt to facilitate receiving anal sex.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

shirt lifters (plural) shirtlifter (alternative) shirt-lifter (alternative)

Phrases

chemise lifter

Synonyms

bottom male homosexual

Questions

What does shirt lifter mean?: Synonym of bottom: a gay man who is penetrated or prefers to be penetrated during anal sex.
Where does shirt lifter come from?: From the imagined lifting of a long shirt to facilitate receiving anal sex.

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