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AC/DC - Wids - 07-27-2015
Animayhem loves my Tirah, even if Animayhem won't admit it. :P
I can always count on Ani to send me a Tell about Tirah, or to make a forum post about Tirah's buttocks, or whatever. So earlier last night, Ani Telled me about her favorite Wids character, one Tell led to another (something about Tirah schmoozing up to Rimeth to get a free house, because Tirah's not above doing stunts like that) and it turns out that, for however many years I've been alive, and for however much time I've spent courting the GLBT community, I've never heard "AC/DC" used as a euphemism for bisexuality. Types of electrical current? Yes. A stellar heavy metal band from the 80's? Yes. But not that.
I have heard several other euphemisms, though. "Switch hitter." "Swings both ways." "Plays for both teams." "Putts from the rough" (whatever that means). "Straddles the fence." "Drives on both sides of the street." "Digs for carrots and clams." "Equal opportunity lover." "Ambidextrous." "Heteroflexible" and its counterpart, "homoflexible," both of which suggest that the person's attraction to both sexes isn't quite 50/50. "Bi-curious" if a hetero or a homo is experimenting with the opposite orientation, and "beer bi" if he or she is only doing so out of drunkenness. Remember watching "Wild Things"? Of course you do. Well, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards each had to down a few shots of tequila before filming their lesbian scenes, just to squash their inhibitions and get the juices flowing; Richards said so herself in an interview in that one issue of Maxim back in the late 90's. That's pretty much what "beer bi" is. There may be a few other euphemisms which I've forgotten, I dunno.
(And was I the only one who cringed at the ending of Wild Things? One does not simply yank out her own healthy front teeth with a pair of pliers, no matter how much money she stands to swindle out of some rich, soon-to-be-dead chump! But I digress.)
I may not be entirely to blame for my own ignorance, however. I still have my big poster of 5,078 Naughty Words and Phrases compiled by George Carlin, which I picked up back when I attended a live George Carlin concert in Great Falls, Montana in the November of 1995. And even though that poster has beaucoup slangy synonyms for every body part, every sexual act and every other orientation, bisexuality is nowhere among Carlin's lists. So if the topic of bisexuality can foil an old, worldly slang-and-vulgarity guru like George Carlin, what chance do I have? :-/
(As for whether Tirah's bisexuality is genuine or purely mercenary, that's yet to be decided. And no, she does have standards and a measure of self-respect, not to mention Alignment considerations. So back off, scuzzballs.
)So anyway, now that I've been briefed on the third definition for AC/DC, what interesting euphemisms have you heard lately, about bisexuality or other sensational goodness? Aim for the funny and amusing terminology here...nothing tasteless, you unspeakable cads.
As for you, Animayhem, stop taking screenshots of Tirah's butt. You have better things to do with your free hard disk space.
RE: AC/DC - Bertram Anders - 07-27-2015
I feel as if you meant "ambisextrous."
RE: AC/DC - Wids - 07-27-2015
Nah, I heard "ambidextrous"...you know, someone who's good with both hands, someone who's good with both sexes...kind of like how "AC/DC" means an electrical device which can run just as well on either Alternating Current or Direct Current. Which makes sense. "Ambisextrous" would be a clever pun, though. :)
RE: AC/DC - Bertram Anders - 07-27-2015
I know what ambidextrous is because I am, in the literal sense. :P
Ambisextrous would imply that you are skilled with both sexes, I believe.
RE: AC/DC - Wids - 07-27-2015
Eh, it's a euphemism. We wouldn't really expect bi people to be wired for both kinds of electrical current, or to actually drive on both sides of the street. It's the same sort of thing. Ambidexterity's not a very common thing, and apparently neither is bisexuality. On a related note, how good are ambidextrous people in bed? :P
RE: AC/DC - Claymora - 07-27-2015
(07-27-2015, 05:51 AM)Wids Wrote: A stellar heavy metal band from the 80's? Yes.
More like hard rock... but c'mon 'from the 80's', they're still going strong! Those crazy old dudes are still rocking out!
Also, 'straya rules suckas!
RE: AC/DC - Bertram Anders - 07-27-2015
(07-27-2015, 02:18 PM)Wids Wrote: On a related note, how good are ambidextrous people in bed? :P
It would depend on the person.
RE: AC/DC - DarkRanger - 07-27-2015
(07-27-2015, 02:18 PM)Wids Wrote: or to actually drive on both sides of the street.
Unless they travel between continents:P
RE: AC/DC - Bishop Edward - 07-27-2015
Apparently fence-sitter is also a euphemism for bi's... hadn't heard of the AC/DC one either but I did confirm it after you mentioned it here... although that one (and a couple worse than it that I won't mention here) implies that they simply can't or won't choose 'proper' sexualities... (a surprisingly common idea in both hetero and homo communities). On that note, I think fantasy has a good comparison with half elves, since they don't entirely 'fit in' perfectly smoothly with either sides of their racial identities.
RE: AC/DC - Animayhem - 07-28-2015
(07-27-2015, 11:01 PM)Bishop Edward Wrote: I think fantasy has a good comparison with half elves, since they don't entirely 'fit in' perfectly smoothly with either sides of their racial identities.
This could really be said of any half breeds in D + D.