lifter

shirt-lifter

An offensive term for a homosexual male. Mary was furious at Jason for referring to her gay friend as a shirt-lifter.

a shirt-lifter

(British & Australian informal)

an offensive way of referring to a man who is homosexual (= sexually attracted to other men) He was taunted by a chorus of adolescent gay haters shouting 'shirt-lifter!'.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lotta	LOT-tah (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
Aynur	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Culhwch	KEEL-hookh (Welsh)	Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Narseh	-	Ancient Persian
Blevins	['blevinz]
Sipho	-	Southern African, Xhosa