Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Translations
- 1.3.2 See also
- 1.4 References
English
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, where Norman Scott, indicating his reluctant participation in receptive homosexual activity, said "I just bit the pillow, I tried not to scream because I was frightened of waking Mrs Thorpe."[1]
Noun
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pillow-biter (plural pillow-biters)
- (derogatory or humorous) Synonym of bottom: A homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex.
2002, Mark A. Roeder, Keeper of Secrets:
When I'd come in, he'd say stuff like ‘The little pillow-biter is home’ or ‘The little fairy has just flown in’.
2003, D. B. C. Pierre, Vernon God Little:
‘You a pillow-biter or what?’ ‘Hell no. I just think you're too young, that's all.’
2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, A Portrait of the Artist As Australian: L'œuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries:
... a stuffed shirt, a raving pillow-biter or a looney old lezzo with a face like a half-sucked mango, ...
Translations
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Translations
- Hebrew: נושך כריות(he)m (noshech kariyot)
- Spanish: bardajem, muerdealmohadasm or mpl
- Swedish: kuddbitare(sv)c
See also
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References
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- ^ Lewis Chester, Magnus Linklater, David May (1979) Jeremy Thorpe: a secret life, University of Michigan, →ISBN
