Beyond Group Sex: Doing Their Own Thing (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior)

by John Warren Wells

  Culture—Any of several special areas of activity, as:

  French Culture—Oral-genital relations, either fellatio or cunnilingus. This has become so widely recognized a term that instructors who give legitimate lessons in the French language have found it virtually impossible to advertise their services; they inevitably receive phone calls from persons assuming they are prostitutes specializing in oral pleasures. When the word culture is used alone, French culture is commonly implied.

  English Culture—Bondage and/or discipline, esp. flagellation. Sadomasochistic fun and games are also occasionally referred to as German or Prussian Culture.

  Greek Culture—Anal intercourse. In certain contexts the term indicates male homosexuality, but the first meaning is far more common.

  Roman Culture—Orgies, or some form of group sex.

  Sadie Mae—Sadomasochist.

  Docile—Indicates the passive partner in sadomasochistic relationships. Also rendered as weak-willed or submissive. The active role in such relationships is characteristic as strong, dominant, etc.

  Fond of Animals—Obviously, an inclination for bestiality.

  Husband A Joiner—A common phrase in advertisements placed by a woman seeking lesbian contacts, and indicating that the husband enjoys watching the lesbian activity and having relations with the participants.

  AC-DC—Bisexual. Other euphemisms include ambidextrous, switch-hitter, switcher, et. al.

  Group Grope—Variously, a free-for-all orgy, or a general mass petting session prior to pairing off at a swapping party, or any of several games in which nude couples try to identify their partners by touch in a dark room.

  Camera Fan—This or any other mention of photography indicates an interest in taking or exchanging pornographic photos.

  Enjoys Correspondence—Some hangers-on in the swinging society avoid personal contacts but write lengthy obscene letters to one another and exchange photographs. This phrase is the indicator.

  Linguist—Indicates talent or desire for performing orally. Originally derives from cunning linguist as a rather obvious code phrase for cunnilingus.

  Well-endowed—Used to suggest that a male has a particularly large penis. Almost any word relating to size refers to the genitalia; when a woman expresses a desire to meet large or small men, she is not talking about their height or weight but about their sexual apparatus.

  Exotic, Bizarre, Unusual—Formerly indicating any swinging activity, these adjectives are now used primarily in a negative sense. An advertiser specifying “No Exotics” means he is not interested in sadomasochism, homosexuality, or any of the more outré forms of sexual relations.

  Generous—Willing to pay. Prostitutes advertising in swingers’ media will describe themselves as anxious to meet generous or financially secure males, females, couples, or whatever.

  Amateur Model—Occasionally a euphemism for a prostitute, or indicates a willingness to model for obscene photos, or that the advertiser has such photos for sale, depending upon contact.

  Television—Transvestism. The practice was first abbreviated as TV, then extended again as television, a particularly interesting instance of the way underworld slang develops.

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