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Sexuality Education Dictionary

Originally created as part of our Middle School Curriculum in 2017, this dictionary is meant to provide a starting place for sexuality educators, students, and caregivers. This is in no way a completely comprehensive list, as language is changing and evolving on a daily basis. Our goal is to provide a safe space to research terms that may be new to you.

abstinence   [ AB-stuh-nuhns ]
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The decision to refrain from sexual contact. In the context of STI prevention, abstinence requires that the person refrain from all contact that may result in exposure to an infection. This includes oral, anal, and vaginal sex and may also include certain kinds of skin-to-skin contact with people who are STI-positive and are having a skin outbreak.

keywords: sexless, virgin
Updated on: Aug, 26 2026

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)   [ eydz ]
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A diagnosis that is received when a person who is infected with HIV has a sufficiently reduced immune system according to the definitions of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). An AIDS diagnosis means that the person has fewer than 200 white blood cells (CD4+ T cells) per cubic millimeter of blood. Other possible causes for diagnosis include when CD4+ T cells account for less than 14% of all lymphocytes or when the person has one or more of a list of illnesses called opportunistic infections that are highly specific to HIV infections.

keywords: aids, hiv, medical, pep, prep
alternative spellings: AIDS
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

advocate   [ ˈæd.və.kət ]
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someone who publicly supports a specific cause, usually against a specific form of oppression. They can be a person who is impacted by the cause, such as a Disability rights self advocate. Or they may not be directly connected to that cause. For example, white people speaking up for Black Lives Matter, or a cis straight person supporting LGBTQ+ rights.

Jane advocates for people with mobility challenges by moving scooters off of the sidewalk.

keywords: ally, upstander
Updated on: Aug, 22 2025

agender   [ əˈdʒɛndə˞ ]
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A person who identifies as not having a gender; or, being without gender.

keywords: androgynous, cisgender, transgender
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

ally   [ ˈælaɪ ]
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A person who works/campaigns in alliance (note the connection to the word ally) with people who identify as LGBTQ+.

keywords: advocate
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Alpha male   [ al-fuh meyl ]
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A man who is perceived as or behaves as if he is the most dominant, powerful, or assertive man in a particular group.
He thinks he's the alpha male of Crossfit instructors.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Alphabet mafia   [ al ]
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Coined by detractors to refer to the initialism "LGBTQIA" and its variations (derogatorily known as "alphabet soup") to imply a coercive agenda by that community. Reclaimed by some LGBTQ community members as an ironic name for themselves.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

androsexual   [ andro ˈsɛkʃuəl ]
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A person who is romantically and/or sexually attracted to men, masculinity, and/or male bodied people.

keywords: orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antibiotic   [ ]
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A type of medication that is used to treat bacterial infections.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antibody   [ ]
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Proteins in the blood that are produced in response to an antigen to fight potential infections from bacteria and viruses. Specific antibodies are produced in response to specific infections.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antibody tests   [ ]
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A lab test, typically through blood, that checks to see whether a specific antibody is present and how much of that antibody is present. Antibodies are produced in response to stimulation of the immune system, and may take 1-3 months after exposure to be detected. For example, diagnosis of HIV is through an antibody test, so it is important to wait 1 - 3 months after exposure before getting tested for HIV; or, if your initial test is negative, to repeat testing in 3 months for final verification.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antigen   [ ]
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A substance such as bacteria, virus, or fungi that the body sees as foreign. Antigens stimulate the immune system to mount an immune response to fight the infection.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antigen tests   [ ]
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A lab test, which typically uses blood, to detect whether a specific antigen is present. Examples of typical antigen tests are rapid antigen test (RAT) or rapid antigen detection test (RADT).

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antiretroviral   [ ]
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A medication that targets retroviruses such as HIV. Also referred to as Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) or Antiretroviral Drugs (ARV). Antiretroviral drugs do not cure the virus, but, when taken in combination, can slow the disease progression by preventing the growth of the virus.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

antiviral   [ ]
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Drugs used to treat viral infections. They do not kill or cure the virus, but instead suppress the growth of the virus and its ability to replicate. This slows the progression of the viral infection. Antiviral drugs also decrease the viral shedding, which decreases, but does not eliminate, the amount of virus being passed to another person.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

aromantic   [ əroʊˈmæntɪk ]
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A person who does not experience romantic attraction.

keywords: orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Artificial Intelligence   [ ar-tuh-FISH-uhl in-TEL-uh-juhns. ]
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Computer-generated output based on machine learning. This describes the process of taking a huge amount of data (like the entirety of the Internet) and putting it into a computer program. While called “learning,” it is not like when humans learn because AI is not able to use that information to create new information in the creative ways that humans can, only to replicate similar things to what is already there. The first recorded use of the term “artificial intelligence” was in 1955. The term “machine learning” was created in 1959, the term “chatbot” was created in 1966, and the American Association of Artificial Intelligence was formed in 1979. The current iteration of AI is actually one step in a long
and complex history going back decades before ChatGPT, Claude, or AI friends!

keywords: AI, chatbots, technology
alternative spellings: AI
Updated on: Aug, 13 2026

asexual   [ eɪˈsɛksjuəl ]
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A person who does not experience sexual attraction.

keywords: orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

asynchronous   [ ]
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Asynchronous describes an online class that does not meet via video or voice at one, prescribed time. Rather, the class is organized such that all participants can take part whenever they are able to.

keywords: facilitation, facilitator, room, synchronous, zoom
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Autogynephilia   [ aw-tow guyne-feelia ]
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Coined by sexologist Ray Blanchard to refer to "a male's propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female." Derived from Greek for "love of oneself as a woman." It is often applied derogatorily toward transgender women.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

bacteria   [ ]
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Microorganisms that are found everywhere. They can cause diseases, or they can be beneficial and support many processes of the body. In reference to STIs, bacteria can cause infection and are destructive to the body. Bacterial STIs include gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. Bacterial STIs are treated with antibiotics.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

BDE (Big Dick Energy)   [ ]
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Refers to someone with an easy confidence. Coined in 2018, the term is unrelated to whether a person actually has a penis, and can be used to describe people any genitalia.
Pete Davidson is 6'3 [1.91 m] with dark circles, exudes big dick energy, looks evil but apparently is an angel, and loves his girl publicly. (from the original tweet)

keywords: genitals, slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

bear   [ ]
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A large, hairy man who is sexually and/or romantically interested in men.

Bears, I don't discriminate. I'll take a cub, a chub to circumnavigate... (From the song "Bears" by Tom Goss, 2013)

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

beard   [ ]
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A person in a relationship whose presence and/or identity is used to obfuscate some or all of their partner's actual sexual and/or romantic identities or behaviors. The "beard" may or may not be aware of their role as a beard.

She's his beard.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Becky   [ ]
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A pejorative American slang term for a young white woman who is unaware of or takes advantage of her privilege. Offensive; a person's name should never be used as an insult.
While hanging out at the pool with her friends, Becky almost called the police on her Black neighbor because she says she didn

keywords: insult, manosphere, slang, slur
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

benching   [ BEN-ching ]
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keywords: dating, friendzone, hooking up
Updated on: Aug, 22 2026

Beta male   [ ]
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A man who is perceived to be weak, mild-mannered, and unimpressive.
At the party, Jake tried really hard to impress everyone, but he still ended up looking like a beta male compared to the confident guys who were holding the conversation.

keywords: insult, manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

bicurious   [ baɪˈkjʊrɹiəs ]
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A person who is interested in bisexual romantic or sexual attraction. This term is most commonly used by people who have historically identified as heterosexual and are exploring same-sex romantic or sexual attraction.

keywords: orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

biological sex   [ ]
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A complex group of physical factors assigned to male, female, and intersex. The preferred term for this is "sex assigned at birth" because many people consider "biological sex" to be an offensive term.

keywords: intersex, medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

biphobia   [ ]
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A feeling or reaction to bisexuality that delegitimizes bisexuality as a sexual orientation or assumes that bisexual people are promiscuous. These reactions may come from both straight and gay communities and often leave bisexual-identified people feeling like everyone rejects them. Some bisexual people choose not to disclose their sexual identity because of biphobia.

keywords: fear, gender, hate, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

biromantic   [ ]
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A person who experiences romantic attraction to a range of gender identities rather than only one. Some people use the term to mean romantic attraction to only two genders (women and men) rather than a range.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

bisexual   [ ]
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A person who experiences sexual attraction to a range of gender identities rather than only one. Some people use the term to mean sexual attraction to only two genders (women and men) rather than a range.

keywords: gender, identity, sexuality
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

black pill   [ ]
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One of many virtual "pills" a person can refer to in online contexts as a shorthand for their adherence to a particular extremist ideology. For those on the extreme right and the incel ("involuntary celebate") movement, the black pill represents a conviction that the system is too far gone to change.
After seeing the latest news and trends, Sarah felt completely blackpilled, convinced that nothing was ever going to get better and that efforts to change things were pointless.

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Blackpilled is the adjective form of "black pill" and refers to someone who has "taken" the pill and adheres to the corresponding belief(s) and/or worldview(s).

keywords: manosphere, slang
alternative spellings: blackpilled
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

body count   [ ]
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The number of people someone has had sex with.

Her body count is impressive.

keywords: dating, sexual activity, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

bottom   [ ]
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A person who is penetrated during sex.

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The person with less power in a relationship with consensual psychological or sexual power dynamics.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Bottom   [ ]
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Someone who generally prefers being penetrated over penetrating during anal sex. Bottom may also be used to describe someone who is more submissive in sexual and romantic relationships.
During their discussion about relationships, Mark mentioned that he's usually a bottom, preferring to let his partner take the lead.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

bottom surgery   [ ]
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A surgical procedure that changes a person's genitals to align them with their gender identity.

* Some transgender people choose to have bottom surgery, and some choose not to. Still others do not have the financial resources to have surgery even though they desire it.

** There are very few contexts where it is appropriate to discuss a person's genitals, regardless of gender identity. (ie medical situtations, consensual sexual activity)

***Note to medical staff - There are some medical contexts were it will be necessary to ask if the patient has had any gender-affirming surgical procedures, as part of an overall medical and surgical history.

keywords: medical
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

breakout room   [ breykawt rum ]
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A virtual meeting area where a smaller group of participants

keywords: breakout, facilitation, facilitator, room, zoom
alternative spellings: breakout rooms
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

Breeder   [ ]
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A pejorative term coined by gay people for parents who abandon their friends and lifestyle in favor of focusing entirely on their children, or to women who give birth to what they perceive as too many children. Also used by antinatalists to refer to anyone who has procreated, an act they consider immoral.
At the family reunion, Uncle Dave made a joke about how he and Aunt Linda were the ultimate breeders, considering they had five kids and counting.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Bussy   [ Boo-see ]
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A portmanteau of "butt" and "pussy" or "boy" and "pussy." First used by men to describe their anus when engaging in receptive anal play. Has also been used specifically by transmen to describe their vaginas and anuses.
At the party, they joked about how the DJ was really working the crowd, saying he had everyone

keywords: LGBTQ+, sexual activity, slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

butch   [ ]
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A masculine-expressing person; usually refers to a lesbian whose gender roles are typically categorized as masculine.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Carousel   [ ]
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To have sex indiscriminately with many men during early adulthood. It is a derogatory term employed to shame women for engaging in sexual activity.
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a mechanical merry-go-round
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a machine or device that rotates to move passengers, luggage, packages, etc.

keywords: co opted terms, manosphere, problematic, slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Catfishing   [ ]
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Using someone else's pictures and/or persona online. Often used in the pursuit of romantic relationships. The term originated with the documentary film "Catfish" in 2010.
She was devastated when she discovered that the charming guy she

keywords: abusive, dating, slang, web
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

cervical motion tenderness (cmt)   [ ]
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Intense pelvic pain that is indicative of either pelvic inflammatory disease or ectopic pregnancy. CMT is assessed during a pelvic exam.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Chad   [ CHad ]
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A White male who is stereotypically masculine, sexually active, athletic, and gainfully employed. Related to the alpha/beta male dichotomy; male counterpart to a "Stacy."
Having an entire lifting day dedicated to arms is such a Chad move. (from Twitter user @Natty_Beer)

keywords: insult, manosphere, slang, slur
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

chancre   [ ]
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A painless, single sore or ulcer on the skin that is due to an infection. The most common cause of a chancre sore is the primary stage of syphilis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

chancroid   [ ]
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An STI caused by the bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi. It typically presents with painful genital ulcers and painful swollen lymph nodes in the groin. The initial ulcer can be mistaken for primary syphilis. The main distinguishing factor between the two is that the ulcer in chancroid is painful, while in primary syphilis, it is painless. Chancroid is treated with antibiotics.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Chaser   [ ]
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Within the transgender community, a "chaser" is somene who seeks sexual contact with trans people while treating them as fetishized objects rather than complex humans.
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A food or drink consumed after taking a shot of alcohol. Depending on someone's palate, this may be done to enhance or mask the taste of the alcoholic beverage.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

chat   [ chat ]
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This is referring to the chat box feature in an online platform. In the late 80s early 90s these were called

keywords: chats, facilitation, facilitator, online, room, zoom
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

Chatbot   [ CHAT-bot ]
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keywords: AI, technology
Updated on: Aug, 12 2026

chlamydia   [ ]
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A bacterial STI caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia can also be spread to an infant during childbirth. Many people infected with chlamydia do not have any symptoms of disease. When they do have symptoms, they include pain during urination, infertility, vaginal and penile discharge, lower abdomen pain, pain during penetration, bleeding between periods, and testicular pain. Chlamydia is treated with an antibiotic.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

chode   [ chohd ]
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A penis whose width is greater than its length. There is some disagreement on whether or not this term should be applied exclusively to erect penises or to both flaccid and erect penises.

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A slang term for the perineum.

3.

A generic insult, usually directed towards men.

Ugh, he's such a chode.

keywords: genitals, penis, slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

cisgender   [ ]
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A person whose biological sex traits (typically female or male) are in alignment with their gender identity.

keywords: biological, medical, sex
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Clocking   [ ]
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In the trans community, "clocking" refers to the act of recognizing someone as transgender. Considered hurtful by some, especially when it happens to someone who is trying to blend in.
I got clocked at Starbucks today.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

coming out   [ ]
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This is commonly understood as the first time that someone discloses their sexual orientation or gender identity, coming out is actually something that sexual minorities do throughout their lifetimes. For example, for some LGBTQ+-identified people, sharing details of their social lives with new coworkers often discloses their sexual orientation.

keywords: lgbtqia
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

congenital infection   [ ]
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When a fetus contracts an infection while still in utero.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

conversion therapy   [ ]
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An extensively discredited therapeutic attempt to alter a person's sexual orientation so that they experience romantic and sexual attraction to the

keywords: lgbtqia
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Cuck   [ ]
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Comes from "cuckold," a man whose wife has been unfaithful; a weak or servile man (often used as a contemptuous term for a man with moderate or progressive political views).
we act like a bunch of cucks who let them take what they want

keywords: insult, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

culture   [ ]
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A laboratory test for viruses or bacteria. Cells that are potentially infected are collected from the person and then put onto a substance called a culture medium, creating an environment that allows potential pathogens (bacteria or viruses) to multiply. From here, the lab can determine what organisms are present.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Dick cheese   [ ]
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Slang term for "smegma," a combination of oils, skin cells, sweat, and other fluids that accumulate around the genitals.

keywords: slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

discharge   [ ]
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Fluid or other substance that is excreted from the human body, including the vagina and penis. There are both normal and abnormal kinds of discharge.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

discussion board   [ diskushun bord ]
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Discussion boards describe a way for conversations to happen digitally in written form. Participation via discussion board is usually a requirement of asynchronous classes and sometimes also a requirement of synchronous classes. Responses can be threaded (nested under each other so that they read in a conversation flow) or posted in order of time and date. Threading allows for full conversations to happen among participants rather than merely a collection of responses to the initial prompt.

keywords: discuss, facilitation, facilitator, online, zoom
alternative spellings: discussion boards
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

disease   [ ]
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As it applies to the topic of sexually transmitted infections, describes a specific set of symptoms caused by a group of disorders that is able to be spread through sexual activity. The group of disorders described by the term sexually transmitted diseases is the same group that is described by the term sexually transmitted infections.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Display of High Value   [ ]
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Refers to projecting and displaying certain traits that are considered high value by society to influence how others perceive you. Can be used in an objectifying context, implying that "high value" men are those who are handsome, wealthy, drive a nice car, and other outward traits.

keywords: manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Display of Low Value   [ ]
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Refers to a person having traits that make them a less than ideal partner. This can mean generally agreed upon characteristics like being irresponsible or abusive, but it can also be used to shame women who don't subscribe to a lifestyle prescribed by the patriarchy: "Low value" women could be called promiscuous, flighty, overly emotional, or other forms of "immorality."

keywords: manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

down low   [ ]
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A phrase to describe a person having same-sex sexual encounters and lying about that in their heterosexual relationship. This phrase is often used to discuss sexual contact between Black men but is not considered respectful. MSM is the preferred language.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

drag king   [ ]
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A person who dresses as and adopts the character of a man to project a kind of exaggerated masculinity, usually for entertainment purposes.

keywords: drag queen, lgbtqia, queer
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

drag queen   [ ]
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A person who dresses as and adopts the character of a woman to project a kind of exaggerated femininity, usually for entertainment purposes.

keywords: drag king, lgbtqia, queer
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

DTF (Down to Fuck)   [ ]
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A slang term that indicates a readiness for sexual activity. DTF is often used on dating profiles or social media hashtags to express interest in a casual relationship.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

DTR (Define the Relationsip)   [ ]
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Having a conversation with the person you're dating to clarify the expectations of the relationship you're in.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Dubcon   [ ]
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Stands for "dubious consent," describing situations where there is a gray area between consent and rape.

keywords: fan-fic, fiction, literature, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

dyke   [ ]
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An offensive term for a woman who is (or is assumed to be) romantically and/or sexually attracted to women. Lesbians with more masculine gender expressions sometimes use it to describe themselves.

keywords: lgbtqia, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

egg   [ eg ]
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The female gamete; ovum

The egg is released from an ovary.
2.

A transgender person who has not yet realized that they are trans. This term, which is primarily used by those within the trans community, can be applied to others or to a trans person's younger self.

I was just an egg back then.

keywords: biology, incite, medical, trans
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

eggplant emoji   [ ]
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A depiction of an eggplant that is used as a phallic symbol.

In season 1 of The Circle, Joey didn't realize the eggplant emoji was a reference to his penis.
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A symbol used on digital devices to represent the vegetable eggplant.

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To incite, add energy, encourage, or urge (usally followed by the word "on".)

She egged them on.

keywords: emoji, genitals, online, slang, web
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

emotional attraction   [ ]
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A feeling of connection with another person that makes them want to be physically close together, share intimate details of their thoughts and feelings, and learn more about the other person.

keywords: attraction
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

epididymitis   [ ]
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Inflammation of the epididymis, typically caused by infection. The epididymis is a tube that sits on the back side of the testicles, where the sperm mature.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

estrogen   [ ]
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A naturally occurring steroid sex hormone produced by the ovaries and, in lesser amounts, by the adrenal cortex, placenta, and testes. Estrogen promotes female secondary sexual characteristics such as breasts and body shape and regulates menses; in males, estrogen promotes sperm maturation. Some transgender people choose to take this hormone so that their bodies will be more feminine.

keywords: medical
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

external condom   [ ]
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The most common type of intervention to prevent STI transmission during sexual activities. It works by covering the penis, hand, or sex toy in order to provide a barrier between the bodily fluids of the people involved. Usually made from latex, external condoms can also be made out of polyisoprene, polyurethane, or lamb intestine. Many external condoms come with a small amount of lubricant.

keywords: birth, control, medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

f2f   [ feys tu feys ]
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F2F stands for Face To Face, and describes a class that meets at one, prescribed time, in person.

keywords: face, facilitation, facilitator, online, zoom
alternative spellings: face to face, face 2 face
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

fag   [ ]
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Can be an offensive term for a man who is (or is assumed to be) romantically and/or sexually attracted to men. It is sometimes used affectionately among gay men.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Femcel   [ ]
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Stands for females who are involuntarily celebate (see also "incels").

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Femoid   [ ]
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Contraction of "female humanoid," a derogitory and dehumanizing term for women used in incel and misogynist circles.

keywords: insult, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

flipped classroom   [ flipt klatsrum ]
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Flipped classroom describes a class where the facilitator has recorded themselves presenting material in a lecture-like format for participants to watch between F2F classes. During classes, participants do homework, write essays, etc., while the facilitator moves between them, supporting their individual processes. This is

keywords: classroom, facilitation, facilitator, flipped, online, zoom
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

fluid   [ ]
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A person whose sexual and romantic attractions shift and evolve over time, or a person whose romantic and sexual attractions include a range of identities.

keywords: gender, medical, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

fluid bonded   [ ]
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When people agree to stop using barrier methods of safer sex, this means that they will exchange sexual fluids. For some partners, this is an important emotional and physical step denoting trust in their relationship.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

fluid transfer   [ ]
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The primary way that STIs are transmitted, fluid transfer involves an exchange of sexual fluids between people. This can include semen, vaginal lubrication, anal fluids, and sometimes breast milk and blood. It does not include saliva. If neither person is infected with an STI, fluid transfer will not cause an STI.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

fraysexual   [ ]
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A person who only experiences sexual attraction towards those they are not deeply connected to, and loses that attraction as the connection is developed.
Fraysexual can be understood as the opposite of Demisexual.

keywords: attraction, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

freyromantic   [ ]
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noun
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A person who only experiences romantic attraction towards those they are not deeply connected to, and loses that attraction as the connection is developed.

keywords: attraction, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Friendzone   [ ]
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Describes a situation in which one person in a friendship wants to enter into a romantic or sexual relationship with the other person, but that feeling isn't reciprocated.

keywords: dating, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Fuck buddy   [ ]
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noun
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A person with whom one has a casual sexual relationship, but no romantic ties.

keywords: dating, slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Fuckboy   [ ]
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Derogatory; a man who has many sexual partners; a weak or contemptible man.

keywords: insult, LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

FWB (Friends with Benefits)   [ ]
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noun
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Related to "fuck buddy," a friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.

keywords: dating, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Game   [ ]
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noun
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In dating, the ability to use your attributes, characteristics, and personality to win someone over.

keywords: dating, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Gamergate   [ ]
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A loosely organized misogynistic and right-wing online harassment campaign against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture that took place in 2014 and 2015.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gamification   [ gamification ]
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noun
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Gamification is a teaching technique where a game, including points and the potential to win, is a part of the learning process. While not done (yet!) for very much online sex ed related content, this is a common approach to F2F sex ed classrooms. There will probably be an increasing number of online games related to learning about sexuality and sexual health. You can see the three games UN|HUSHED has developed here: unhush.us/arcade.

keywords: facilitation, facilitator, game, games, online, zoom
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

gay   [ ]
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This word initially began as a secret, in-group way to ask whether someone primarily experienced same-sex romantic and sexual attraction. Over time it became an umbrella term for anyone who experienced primarily same-sex attraction. It has more recently evolved to refer to a man who primarily experiences romantic and sexual attraction to other men, although many lesbians still identify as gay.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender   [ ]
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A social construct often assumed to be aligned with aspects of biological sex, but that is far broader than biological sex. Different cultures have understood gender in dramatically different ways, with some incorporating an understanding of three or more genders.

keywords: gender
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender binary   [ ]
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A categorization of gender as either male or female rather than on a spectrum. This is a harmful understanding of gender for all people because it categorizes them in ways they might not feel comfortable with.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender confirmation surgery   [ ]
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A group of medical procedures that changes a person’s body to align it with their gender identity. Also called sexual reassignment surgery; most people prefer the language gender confirmation surgery.

keywords: gender, medical, surgery, trans
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender dysphoria   [ ]
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When a person's gender identity directly conflicts with their physical body, causing mild to extreme psychological distress. Gender dysphoria; is a classification of mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM IV).

keywords: gender, trans
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender expression   [ ]
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The way(s) in which a person shares information about their gender through their hair, makeup, clothes, and other external aspects of their appearance that they have control over.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender fluid   [ ]
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A person who incorporates more than one gender into their identity and flows easily between them.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Feb, 19 2025

gender identity   [ ]
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A person's internal sense of how they relate to the social constructs their culture aligns with sexual traits. Examples include: boy/man, girl/woman, nonbinary, transgender, etc.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender nonconforming   [ ]
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When a person's identity does not readily fall into their culture's understanding of what it should be given their sex assigned at birth.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender normative   [ ]
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adjective

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When someone or something falls into the categories that a culture considers normal for a specific sex assigned at birth.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender norms   [ ]
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The indicators that a culture assigns to specific sex-related biology, primarily including aspects of a person unrelated to biology, such as hobbies, personality traits, and academic models of success.

keywords: gender, identity, normal, social, society
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity (gsrd)   [ ]
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This describes the wide range of identities that are referred to with the term LGBTQ+, but is far more inclusive of genders and sexualities. By describing the range of identities broadly, it does not leave any identity out accidentally. It also includes relationship diversity, which refers to, for example, people who identify as polyamorous.

keywords: acronym, gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

genderqueer   [ ]
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noun
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A gender identity that describes a person who falls outside of the stereotypical "woman"; or "man" binary system. This umbrella term also describes many gender identities outside of the gender binary. Genderqueer is sometimes shortened to queer. Historically, this term has been used in negative contexts. Many have reclaimed it because it is more descriptive of them and their communities and experiences than LGBTQ+ or GSRD.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Ghosting   [ ]
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verb

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The practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly withdrawing from communication with no explanation.

keywords: abusive, dating, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Girlboss   [ ]
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noun
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Describes a woman who is successful and ambitious, particularly in a business or entrepreneurial context.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Gold star   [ ]
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A gay or lesbian person who has only ever been physically intimate with people of their same gender.
Sam is a gold star, she's never been with a dude.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gonorrhea   [ ]
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A bacterial STI. Gonorrhea can be spread to an infant during childbirth. Many people infected with gonorrhea do not have any symptoms of disease. When they do have symptoms, they include pain during urination, itchiness, discharge, bleeding between periods, and testicular pain.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

grey-romantic   [ ]
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A person who develops romantic attraction only after a close emotional bond has been formed. It refers to the space between aromantic and romantic. (Sometimes spelled "gray-romantic," sometimes called demiromantic.)

keywords: attraction
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

grey-sexual   [ ]
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A person who develops sexual attraction only after a close emotional bond has been formed. It refers to the space between asexual and sexual. (Sometimes spelled "gray-sexual," sometimes also called demisexual.)

keywords: attraction
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gyatt   [ ]
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adjective

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A large and desirable butt.

interjection

1.

An abbreviated form of "goddamn," often used to express appreciation or attraction to a person's physical appearance.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

gynesexual   [ ]
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A sexual orientation that describes a person who is romantically and/or sexually attracted to femininity and/or feminine expressions of gender.

It is the opposite of androsexuality.

keywords: attraction
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

hepatitis   [ ]
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Inflammation of the liver. The most common cause of hepatitis is viral. There are five kinds of viral hepatitis: A, B, C, D, and E. Types A (HAV), B (HBV), and C (HCV) are the most likely to be contracted through sexual contact. HAV is usually contracted through contaminated water or food. HAV is a mild infection and has a vaccine to prevent contraction. HBV is usually contracted through blood, semen, other bodily fluids, and during birth. There is a vaccine to prevent HBV infection. HBV has the greatest potential to be sexually transmitted. HCV is usually contracted through blood and sometimes through sexual contact with fluid transmission. There is no HCV vaccine.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

hermaphrodite   [ ]
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An organism that has fully developed male and female reproductive tracts. While this term was historically used to describe intersex individuals, true hermaphroditism does not occur in humans (a human reproducing as both male and female).

*This term is inaccurate and offensive when used in reference to humans.

Earthworms, snails, most flatworms (like planarians), slugs, many species of fish, and certain plants like papaya are examples of hermaphrodites.

keywords: outdated
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Herpes simplex virus (HSV)   [ ]
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A viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. There are two types of HSV: Type 1, which is more robust, and Type 2, which is not quite as strong. Both of these types can be either oral (which is usually called a cold sore) or genital (which is usually called herpes). HSV can be transmitted through oral, anal, and vaginal sex. Many people are infected with HSV without ever having had an outbreak of sores. A person can contract HSV and be symptom-free for many years and then have their first outbreak, potentially leading a partner to incorrectly assume that they have been recently sexually intimate with someone else. The first HSV outbreak is typically the most extreme. Some people are aware when they are about to experience an outbreak due to a tingly feeling in the affected area. Transmitting HSV to a sexual partner is most likely during an outbreak, but HSV can be transmitted anytime, even when no sores are present. Antiviral treatments are effective at reducing HSV outbreaks,

keywords: medical, science, sti
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

heteronormative   [ ]
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adjective

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A culture that supports heterosexism.

keywords: aggression, fear, hate, lgbtqia, micro
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

heterosexism   [ ]
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The assumption that a person is heterosexual until they have disclosed otherwise. Heterosexism is harmful for people who are not heterosexual because it requires them to come out and challenge new people's assumptions about them.

keywords: aggression, fear, hate, lgbtqia, micro
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

homophobia   [ ]
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A feeling or reaction to same-sex attraction that delegitimizes any sexual orientation other than heterosexuality.

keywords: aggression, fear, hate, lgbtqia, micro
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

homosexual   [ ]
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noun
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A term for a gay person that was initially intended as a descriptor but has come to be associated with negative emotional resonance for many people, and so the words gay and lesbian or the initialism LGBTQ+ is preferred.

keywords: lgbtqia
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

hormone therapy   [ ]
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adjective

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A part of transitioning that some transgender people choose and are able to access that shifts their balance of hormones to bring them into alignment with their gender identity.

keywords: medical
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)   [ ]
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A retrovirus that attacks white blood cells, which are a part of the immune system. When white blood cells are sufficiently diminished, the immune system is unable to fight off basic infections, which increases the susceptibility to uncommon infections. If our immune system is unable to defend against infection, a person can become very ill, and at times, this can lead to death. There are antiretroviral treatments that are effective at reducing the impact on the immune system. They are so effective that someone who is HIV-positive may have entirely undetectable and non-transmittable levels of the virus in their system. These treatments, however, are expensive and often have side effects. They also need consistent monitoring to ensure that they remain effective against any viral mutations.

keywords: aids, medical, science, sti
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Human papillomavirus (HPV)   [ ]
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A virus that causes abnormal cell growth. HPV has multiple types that are expressed differently in the body. HPV can affect any tissues in the body, but the forms that are most important to the conversation of STIs are genital warts and genital, anal, and oral cancers that are contracted through sexual contact. Skin-to-skin contact can transmit HPV when there is a skin expression such as warts, or through fluid exchange. Often, a person is exposed to HPV, contracts the virus, and the body's immune system will clear the infection before they are aware they are infected. The primary health concerns are the types of HPV linked to cancer and warts. It is important to follow regular cancer screening recommendations for HPV.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Hypergamy   [ ]
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noun
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The action of marrying or forming a sexual relationship with a person of a superior sociological or educational background.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Incel   [ ]
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Stands for "involuntary celibate." It originated on a website called "Involuntary Celibate" in the late 1990s, which provided a space for people of all genders to discuss struggles with dating and lonliness. By the late 2010s, it became a term primarily associated with young, straight men who felt that they were "owed" sex. A number of self-described "incels" have commited acts of gender-based violence.

keywords: insult, manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

incubation period   [ ]
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noun
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The time between the exposure moment and the beginning of clinical symptoms. Some STIs have very long incubation periods, such as HSV, which can incubate for many years. Others have much shorter periods, such as HIV, which is between two weeks and forty months, with an average that is close to three months. Pubic lice, on the other hand, can have an incubation period as short as a few hours between infection and symptoms.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

infection   [ ]
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noun
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As it applies to the topic of sexually transmitted infections, describes a specific set of disorders (caused by bacteria, virus, parasite, or fungus) that are able to be spread through sexual activity, including but not limited to oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse with a person who is already infected. STIs can be contracted even when ejaculation does not occur. An infection begins when the body begins to have an immune response to a pathogen that can be detected through medical diagnostics. However, an infection may or may not have symptoms, depending on its incubation period. The group of disorders described by the term sexually transmitted diseases is the same group that is described by the term sexually transmitted infections.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

internal condom   [ ]
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noun
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Prevents STI transmission during sexual activities. It is inserted into the vagina or the anus in order to provide a barrier between the bodily fluids of the people involved. There is a ring on the closed end that sits either around the cervix or high inside the anus, holding it in place; and a second ring around the outside of the vulva or anus, keeping it from slipping in. The internal condom is made from polyurethane plastic, which means it is naturally latex-free. Internal condoms come with a small amount of lubricant.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

intersex   [ ]
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noun
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An umbrella term for differences in sex traits and/or reproductive anatomy. These differences can develop in utero up to childhood. There are many variations in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, and/or chromosomes that fall within this term.

Current statistics estimate that 1.7% of the population can be classified as having a pattern of sex traits that can be defined as intersex vs 98.3% defined as either female or male.

Historically, some people used the word hermaphrodite to describe people who were intersex, but this is not an appropriate term and is offensive.

Visit interAct Advocates for Intersex Youth for more information.

keywords: biology, female, human, intersex, male, medical, patterns, science, traits
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

jaundice   [ ]
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noun
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A yellowing of the skin due to liver dysfunction, which is often caused by infections such as hepatitis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Karen   [ ]
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A person's name used as a slur to mean a middle aged white women who complains without justification, and/or abuses people of color, service workers, and their spouses. This is a generalization that spreads a false narative, as a person's name should never be used as a insult

keywords: insult, manosphere, slang, slur
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Knotting   [ ]
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noun
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In canines, after the penis is inserted into the vagina, the base of the penis will swell and stay "locked" in the vagina for a period of time. This phenomenon is often referred to as "knotting" or "tying." In erotic fiction within the omegaverse, also known as A/B/O, werewolves or other humanoids are often bestowed with the ability to "knot."

keywords: anime, porn, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

latent period   [ ]
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noun
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The time between the exposure moment and the onset of symptoms.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Lavender marriage   [ ]
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A marriage between a heterosexual and a homosexual person, often to hide the sexual orientation of one or both partners. The term "lavender" is a reference to the color traditionally associated with the LGBTQ+ community.

keywords: LGBTQ+, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

lesbian   [ ]
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adjective

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A woman who primarily experiences romantic and sexual attraction to other women.

keywords: lgbtqia
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

lipstick lesbian   [ ]
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noun
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A lesbian who expresses herself in stereotypically feminine ways. Some people find this label offensive while others embrace it.

keywords: lgbtqia, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

lms   [ L M S ]
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noun
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LMS stands for Learning Management System. It refers to systems like Canvas, Blackboard, Edmodo, and Google Classroom (there are more!) where facilitators create online classes. They typically include ways to have online discussions, quizzes, assignment submission, and more.

keywords: facilitation, facilitator, learning, management, online, system, zoom
alternative spellings: learning management system
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

love   [ ]
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noun
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A deep feeling of connection for another person. Love can be sexual, romantic, platonic, intellectual, and many other things. Our culture most commonly recognizes love when it is sexual, romantic, or familial.

keywords: attraction, romance, romantic
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

lubricant   [ ]
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A substance that reduces or eliminates the friction between two surfaces as they move back and forth across each other. Intercourse requires lubricant in order for it to feel good. The vagina naturally creates lubricant, although this often needs to be augmented with additional synthetic lubricant. When there is not enough lubricant, the abrasions that may occur in the vagina or anus due to friction increase the possibility of STI transmission.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Manosphere   [ ]
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A diverse collection of spaces on and offline devoted to promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.

keywords: manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Mansplaining   [ ]
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The act of a man explaining something to someone (usually a woman) in a condescending or patronizing way, assuming the other person has no knowledge of the topic.

keywords: insult, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Manspreading   [ ]
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Sitting with ones legs spread far apart.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Mary Sue   [ ]
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A type of female character who is depicted as lacking in flaws or weaknesses to the point of being unrealistic, boring, or too perfect.

keywords: fan fiction, fan-fic, insult, literature, slang, slur
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way)   [ ]
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An anti-feminist, misogynistic, mostly online community advocating for men to separate themselves from women and society, which they believe has been corrupted by feminism.

keywords: manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

misgender   [ ]
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Using pronouns or other words that label a person's gender incorrectly. This is often a painful experience for people, including trans and gender nonconforming people, especially when done by someone who is aware of their gender identity.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

molluscum contagiosum   [ ]
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A virus that involves firm, painless bumps on the skin. Popping the bumps may spread them to the adjacent skin. Skin-to-skin contact between people spreads the infection. The infection usually resolves without treatment within six to twelve months. A healthcare practitioner can also remove them. The person is not infectious after the bumps are no longer there.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

mount   [ ]
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noun
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A gynecological test of vaginal discharge. A sample of discharge is collected, mixed with a solution, and viewed under a microscope to determine the cause of abnormal discharge leading to vaginitis and vulvitis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Mpreg   [ ]
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noun
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Stands for "male pregnancy," a subgenre of gay romance that depicts men becoming pregnant.

keywords: fan-fic, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

MRA (Men's Rights Activist)   [ ]
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Men's rights activists embrace traditional masculinity as the ideal state of society and reject feminism. Though part of the manosphere, which encompasses a broad range of male supremacist, anti-feminist movements, MRAs are mostly concerned with legal issues and generally do not pose a direct physical threat to most women.

keywords: manosphere
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

name change   [ ]
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When a person is transitioning, they often choose a new name. This can be an important part of the transitioning process and should be respected. Asking a transgender person for their "real" name (referring to the name they were given at birth) is offensive.

keywords: legal
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Negging   [ ]
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The practice of intentionally insulting or undermining someone, believing that diminishing their self-confidence will make them more receptive to romantic advances.

keywords: insult, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

niblet   [ ]
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noun
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Also sometimes called a nibbling, this is a gender-neutral word to refer to a sibling's children.

I took my nibbling to Disney this year!

keywords: nonbinary
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Nice guy   [ ]
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noun
1.
As in "nice guy syndrome," a sense of entitlement to sexual or romantic attention from women simply for being "nice," and irrational anger when that attention is not reciprocated.

keywords: insult, manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

NLOG (Not Like Other Girls)   [ ]
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adjective

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Serves as a way to distance oneself from diminishing female stereotypes. This can be toxic toward other women, as the speaker is effectively calling "other girls" frivolous and inferior by highlighting ways in which they are more serious or worthy than "typical" women, and serves to legitimize rather than undermine those negative stereotypes.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Non-con   [ ]
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Non-con is an abbreviation for nonconsensual, often referring to sex not agreed to by one or more people involved.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

nonbinary   [ ]
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A gender identification outside of the two-gender binary system that many cultures recognize. Some people prefer to spell the word

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Nucleic acid test (NAT)   [ ]
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noun
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Laboratory tests that detect genetic material of a microorganism, including bacteria and viruses in blood, plasma, or other tissue. This allows for earlier detection of the infection.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

nuncle   [ ]
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Also sometimes called an auncle, this is a gender-neutral word to refer to the siblings of your parents.

keywords: nonbinary
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Omegaverse   [ ]
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Omegaverse, also known as A/B/O, is a subgenre of speculative fiction that features a dominance hierarchy among humans. The hierarchy consists of Alphas, the typically male, strong leaders of the pack; Betas, who can mate with Alphas but can experience pain during the act because of an anatomical quirk; and Omegas, who are submissive and gentle, more maternal (regardless of gender).

keywords: fan fiction, fan-fic, kink, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

OTP (One True Pairing)   [ ]
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In fandom culture, an OTP is a fan-created romantic coupling of characters. Fans use the term to envision the characters' lives together and share their imaginings with other fans.
Who is the better OTP? Bella and Edward or Bella and Jacob?

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

pansexual   [ ]
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A person who is romantically and/or sexually attracted to people across a wide range of gender identities, expressions, and biologies.

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

parasite   [ ]
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noun
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An organism that lives on or in another organism. A parasite uses the host organism for nourishment and protection, keeping it alive.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

pathogen   [ ]
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noun
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A bacteria, virus, protozoa, fungus, parasite, or prion that causes an infection.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Peach emoji   [ ]
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Often used as a visual euphemism for the buttocks or vagina

keywords: emoji, genitals, online, slang, web
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)   [ ]
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noun
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An infection of the reproductive system that leads to swelling, abdominal pain, and potential infertility due to the scarring of the reproductive organs.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

pep   [ ]
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noun
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Post-exposure prophylaxis is a medication that is taken as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours, after a potential exposure to HIV. PEP is very effective, but not 100%. Its effectiveness is dependent on how soon after exposure the medication is initiated.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Pickup artists (PUA)   [ ]
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noun
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People whose goals are sexual/romantic conquest and seduction. Mostly heterosexual men, PUAs follow a variety of techniques and concepts that can be seen as sexist or misogynistic, the rise of which is attributed to the perceived increase of equality of women in western society and changes in traditional gender roles.

keywords: dating, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Pinkwashing   [ ]
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noun
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Related to the term "whitewashing," this refers to marketing by companies that claim to support the LGBTQ+ community but whose actions contradict that claim. Can also refer to marketing around breast cancer awareness by companies whose products contain chemicals that could contribute to cancer.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

polyamorous   [ ]
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adjective

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A relationship style in which three or more people are in a combination of open, honest, and committed romantic relationships with one another, and the knowledge and encouragement of all involved parties.

Sometimes refered to in short as "poly".

There are many flags that represent the polyamorous community. This is one of the more modern adaptations.

keywords: identity, sexuality
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

polysexual   [ ]
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adjective

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A person who is sexual with more than one person at a time. It often includes the desire to be in open, honest, and committed sexual relationships with more than one person at a time, with the knowledge and encouragement of all involved parties.

keywords: identity, sexuality
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

prep   [ ]
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noun
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a medication that is taken daily to reduce the chances of contracting HIV. When taken correctly, reduction is estimated at 90% for sexual contact and 70% for IV drug use.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

primary sexual characteristics   [ ]
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noun
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Parts of the body directly related to reproduction.

keywords: biology, medical, science, traits
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

pubic lice   [ ]
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noun
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Parasitic insects, also sometimes called crabs, that live in human genital hair and bite human skin to access blood for food. This causes itching and general discomfort. The lice that live in pubic hair may rarely be found in underarm hair, facial hair, or even eyebrow hair, but not in head hair. Contracting pubic lice usually involves skin-to-skin sexual contact with an infected person. It is possible to get it through shared towels, clothes, or sheets. Contracting it through furniture or toilets is highly unlikely. Getting rid of pubic lice can include the following options: medicated shampoos, nit combs, and shaving the region.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Pussy   [ ]
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noun
1.
A slang term for the vulva and/or vagina.
Bring a bucket and a mop for this wet ass pussy. (From "WAP" by Cardi B ft. Meghan Thee Stallion)
2.
A cat.
The character of Puss in Boots, a sword-wielding, boot-wearing cat, first appears in the Shrek franchise in "Shrek 2."

verb

1.
A derogatory term directed at men who are seen as "too feminine."
Man up, stop being a pussy!

keywords: genitals, slang, vulgar
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

queef   [ ]
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noun
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The flatulence-like sound that trapped air makes as it escapes from the vagina.
2.
A derogatory term directed at men who are seen as "too feminine."
Dude, don't be such a queef!

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

queer   [ ]
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An umbrella term that describes many gender identities outside of cisgender. This term has historically been used in negative contexts but has been reclaimed by many who feel that it is more descriptive of them and their communities and experiences than the term LGBTQ+.

keywords: gender, identity, lgbtqia, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

queer   [ ]
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An umbrella term that describes many sexual identities outside of heterosexuality. This term has historically been used in negative contexts but has been reclaimed by many who feel that it is more descriptive of them and their communities and experiences than

keywords: lgbtqia, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

queerbaiting   [ ]
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A marketing technique for fiction and entertainment in which creators hint at, but do not depict, same-sex romance or other LGBTQ+ representation.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

questioning   [ ]
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The experience of inquiring, discovering, and considering one

adjective

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A term used to describe someone who is considering whether or not their biological traits, gender identity, and/or sexual orientation fall within the LGBTQ+ umberlla.

Joey is questioning right now so their taking a break from romantic relationships at the moment.

keywords: identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

rainbow capitalism   [ ]
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The practice of companies profiting from their marketing around the LGBTQ+ community and Pride movement. Also known as pink capitalism, homocapitalism, gay capitalism

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Rapid HIV Test   [ ]
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The most common of HIV tests, the rapid tests look for HIV antibodies. Rapid tests provide results within a few minutes, while the confirmatory tests take longer. If the rapid test is reactive, a confirmatory lab test is required to assure an accurate diagnosis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Rapid plasma reagin (RPR)   [ ]
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A rapid blood test to screen for syphilis. If RPR is reactive, a second confirmation test is required for diagnosis of syphilis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

red pill   [ ]
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Refers to the choice given to the character Neo in The Matrix of taking the blue pill, which allows him to stay in his comfortable, familiar constructed reality, or taking the red pill, which reveals the true, unsettling nature of reality. Often used by conspiracy theorists and men's rights advocates to refer to "waking up" and seeing the world as it really is.

keywords: manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

retrovirus   [ ]
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A type of virus that modifies cell structures to mirror and then produce replicas of the retrovirus. This is a particularly damaging kind of virus, because it is able to reproduce itself at far faster rates than a typical virus. Retroviruses cannot be killed nor necessarily eradicated through medications. They can, however, be treated with medications called antiretrovirals that slow disease progression through inhibiting further growth of the retrovirus.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

romantic attraction   [ ]
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Desiring a certain type of relationship with another person that involves emotional closeness and caring for each other in an intimate, fulfilling, and supportive way. Many people consider romantic attraction to be the same as sexual attraction, although others experience the two independently.

keywords: attraction, identity, romance
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

same-gender loving   [ ]
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A term primarily describing Black men who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to men but are not culturally comfortable with the terms gay or bisexual.

keywords: attraction, gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

screen sharing   [ skreen shering ]
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noun
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Using software (usually during a video call) to show someone your computer desktop remotely.

keywords: facilitate, facilitation, facilitator, screen, sharing, synchronous, zoom
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

screen time   [ skreen taym ]
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The amount of time spent watching or engaging with technological devices like televisions, game consoles, computers, smart phones, etc.

keywords: facilitate, facilitation, facilitator, screen, synchronous, time, zoom
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

secondary sexual characteristics   [ ]
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Nonreproductive-related body parts or characteristics that may appear during puberty (or via medications or surgery) and are connected to sex and gender. Examples are axillary (underarm), facial, chest, and pubic hair, changes in breasts and vulva, hip size, shoulder and chest size, voice changes, and muscle mass.

keywords: biology, medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

serology   [ ]
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The process of examining blood serum for pathogens

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

sex assigned at birth   [ ]
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The female or male markers that are bestowed on a baby at the time of birth. Sex assigned at birth is usually determined based on an infant's external genitalia without taking into consideration additional aspects of the infant's biology and the wide range of biological traits that make up biological sex patterns.

keywords: biology, medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

sexual attraction   [ ]
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Feelings of physical connection, desire, and arousal. Most people have patterns of sexual attraction that may stay consistent or may evolve. People are not in control of who they are sexually attracted to.

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

sexual orientation   [ ]
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The public composite of three private aspects of sexuality (attraction, behavior, and identity).

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

sexual preference   [ ]
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The decision about who a person is romantically or sexually attracted to. This terminology diminishes the reality that sexual orientation is not a choice, but something that is innate and cannot be consciously changed.

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

ship   [ ]
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Short for "relationship." Often used in discussions of fictional characters, ship can be both a noun and a verb. Two characters may be in a "ship."
"Back in my day, I shipped Johnlock. "The philospher?" "No, silly. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes from the BBC's Sherlock."
2.
Common "ships" may have names that are a portmanteau of the character's names.

verb

1.
To want them to have a romantic and/or sexual relationship.
Someone may "ship" two characters.

keywords: fan fic, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

sigma male   [ ]
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Describes a man who is independent, successful, and self-reliant, a "lone wolf." Sometimes used to mock the Greek-letter labels used to describe men, and to describe men who don't fit into traditional social hierarchies.

keywords: manosphere, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

simp   [ ]
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Describes a man seen as overly submissive or attentive to a woman, usually with the goal of winning her affection.

keywords: insult, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

skin hunger   [ skin huhng-ger ]
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noun
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The need for non-sexual physical touch.

During the pandemic a lot of people who lived alone felt skin hunger for the first time.

keywords: desire, need, skin, touch
alternative spellings: touch starvation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

skin-to-skin contact   [ ]
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A less-common way that STIs are transmitted, skin-to-skin contact involves people touching their skin together. When one person is infected with an STI AND that STI is shedding through an open sore or through their skin, the person who is not infected can contract it. If neither person is infected with an STI, skin-to-skin contact will not cause an STI.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

skoliosexual   [ ]
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A person who is romantically and/or sexually attracted to gender nonbinary or gender nonconforming people. The origin of this word (skolio = crooked) is problematic and the use of the term is being reconsidered by many.

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

slash fiction   [ ]
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A type of fan fiction that focuses on romantic or sexual relationships between fictional characters of the same sex. It's usually used to describe male/male pairings, while the term "FemSlash" is often used for female/female couples.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

smegma   [ ]
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Technical term for "dick cheese," a combination of oils, skin cells, sweat, and other fluids that accumulate around the genitals.

keywords: fan fic, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

soft launch   [ ]
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The subtle inclusion of your significant others into photos posted on social media, to maintain a sense of mystery and privacy around a budding relationship.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

soy boy   [ ]
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A pejorative term in online communities to describe men perceived to be lacking in masculine characteristics.

keywords: insult, slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

spiritual attraction   [ ]
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A connection with another person related to and encompassing religious beliefs and practices.

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Stacy   [ ]
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Female counterpart to a "Chad."

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

stealthing   [ ]
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Non-consensual condom removal during or before sex; used as a method of reproductive coersion and domestic abuse.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

straight   [ ]
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A person who primarily experiences romantic and sexual attraction to people of a different gender than themselves, sometimes described as heterosexual.

keywords: attraction, identity, orientation
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

sustained attention   [ susteynd utenshun ]
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Continued focus on one task and/or stimulus. The amount of sustained attention a student is capable of usually increases as they age.

keywords: attention, facilitation, facilitator, online, participants, prolonged, sustained, zoom
Updated on: Aug, 13 2025

SWERF   [ ]
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Acronym for "Sex worker-exclusionary radical feminist."

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Syphilis   [ ]
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A bacterial infection, caused by Treponema pallidum, that is expressed in three stages. The primary stage involves a chancre at the site of infection, and potential flu-like symptoms. The secondary stage involves a rash in one or more areas of the body, up to and including a full body rash, often involving the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. The tertiary stage involves debilitation of many organ structures, leading to cancer, dementia, joint deterioration, and more. Syphilis can be transmitted during pregnancy to the fetus. Between the stages, the bacteria are latent, meaning they are dormant, during which time there are no symptoms.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

t   [ ]
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Short for testosterone.

keywords: biology, medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Taint   [ ]
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The perineum, the region of the human body between the testicles or vagina, and the anus.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

teabagging   [ ]
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Placing one's scrotum in another person's mouth, or dragging one's testicles across one's partner's forehead (according to John Waters).

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

TERF   [ ]
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Stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist; a person whose views on gender identity are considered hostile to transgender people, or who opposes social and political policies designed to be inclusive of transgender people.

keywords: insult
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

third gender   [ ]
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A gender identity that is neither woman nor man. In cultures with more than two culturally accepted gender identities, this term would describe those identities.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

thirst trap   [ ]
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A photo or statement posted on social media intended to attract attention or desire.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

top   [ ]
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A person who does the penetrating during sex.

2.

The person with more power in a relationship with consensual psychological or sexual power dynamics.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

top   [ ]
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noun
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In the gay community, someone who prefers to take a dominant or insertive role in a sexual act, especially anal intercourse.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

top surgery   [ ]
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A surgical procedure that changes a person’s chest to align it with their gender identity. Top surgery can be expensive. Some transgender people choose to have top surgery, and some choose not to. As with bottom surgery, many do not have the financial resources to have this surgery even though they may prefer or desire it.

keywords: biology, medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

transgender   [ ]
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A person whose gender identity is different than the culturally assumed gender identity assigned at birth. Historically the term transsexual was used, and is now considered offensive.

keywords: biology, gender, identity, medical, science, trans
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

transitioning   [ ]
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A series of steps that transgender people may or may not choose to take toward shaping their physical bodies to be more in alignment with the cultural expectation associated with their gender identity. Hormone therapy and surgery are examples of steps that some people have access to during transitioning. Some people may choose to transition without incorporating either surgery or hormones into their biology. Rather, they shift their gender expression so that it is in alignment with their gender identity.

keywords: gender, identity, trans
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

transmission   [ ]
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The ways in which STI pathogens are transmitted from one person to another. The most common method is fluid exchange, followed by skin-to-skin contact. Many STIs can also be transmitted through sharing drug paraphernalia, such as needles

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

trap   [ ]
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Originating in communities of anime enthusists, "trap" intially described crossdressing men who attempted to seduce (presumably) straight men. Unfortunately, the term evolved into a slur directed at trans women.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Trichomoniasis (trich)   [ ]
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The most common curable STI, trich, is a protozoan parasite. Trich is contracted through fluid exchange. Only 30% of people with trich develop any symptoms. When trich does cause symptoms, they include genital itching and irritation, burning during urination, genital discharge, and genital smell. Trich is treated with an antibiotic.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

truscum   [ ]
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A person who believes that gender dysphoria is an essential trait to being transgender.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

two-spirit   [ ]
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A third-gender marker that is used in some Native American communities to describe a range of experiences outside of cisgender and heterosexual. It is not appropriate for people outside of these communities to use this term.

keywords: gender, identity
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

ulcer   [ ]
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An open sore on the skin. Examples include chancres, chancroids, and ulcers from HSV. The most common STIs presenting with ulcers in the United States are from HSV or syphilis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

unicorn hunting   [ ]
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The practice of a (usually heterosexual) couple looking for a third person to join the relationship.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

urethritis   [ ]
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Inflammation of the urethra, often caused by infection.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

Vaginitis   [ ]
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Inflammation of the vagina resulting in discharge, itching, and pain. The most common causes are bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and yeast infections.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

viral shedding   [ ]
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When a virus reproduces and the new viral cells move to a new part of the host's body, or into the environment, where they can infect a new host.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

virtual classroom   [ ]
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A "place" on the Internet that offers interactivity between facilitators and learners that feels like a classroom. It is often a part of a larger LMS. The most common example is a bitmoji classroom.

keywords: blackboard, canva, facilitation, facilitator, google, online, zoom
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

virus   [ ]
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A very small structure of cells that disrupts the body's process in one or more ways. Viral STIs include HPV, HIV, and HSV. Because viruses are not alive in the biological sense, they cannot be killed nor necessarily eradicated through medications. They can, however, be treated effectively through medications called antivirals, slowing disease progression.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

volcel   [ ]
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noun
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Stands for "voluntary" and "celebate"

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

vore   [ ]
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noun
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A fetish that involves eating or being eaten by someone or something, real or imaginary.

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

vulvitis   [ ]
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Inflammation of the vulva. Usually caused by an allergic reaction to a hygiene product, clothing, a yeast infection, or lack of cleanliness. Also sometimes caused by scabies, pubic lice, herpes, eczema, or dermatitis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

WAP   [ ]
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1.
An acronym for "wet-ass pussy."
"Now get a bucket and a mop, that's some wet ass pussy I'm talking WAP, WAP, WAP, that's some wet ass pussy." - From "WAP" by Cardi B ft. Meghan Thee Stallion
2.
An acronym for "wiresless access point"

keywords: slang
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

wet prep   [ ]
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A gynecological test of vaginal discharge. A sample of discharge is collected, mixed with a solution, and viewed under a microscope to determine the cause of abnormal discharge leading to vaginitis and vulvitis.

keywords: medical, science
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

zoom   [ ]
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While Zoom is a specific platform, much like the phrase

keywords: facilitation, facilitator, online, participants, platform, software, synchronous
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

zoom bombing   [ ]
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noun
1.

The act of someone entering a zoom meeting or webinar that did not have permission to enter, and then shares violent and/or graphic content. That could be audio, video, graphics, or in the chat box. It is important as a facilitator to have a plan on how to handle this if it were to happen in your classroom. There are also a variety of settings to implement to avoid this in your meetings.

keywords: facilitation, facilitator, online, participants, zoom
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

zoom fatigue   [ ]
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The feeling of exhaustion that comes from back to back video meetings without the usual break that in person meetings once had. These breaks might have been as small as walking from one office to another.

keywords: attention, facilitation, facilitator, online, participants, prolonged, sustained, zoom
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

-ussy   [ o͝osē ]
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Taken from the word "pussy," and added to the end of a noun to create a portmanteau.

keywords: portmanteau, slang, suffix
Updated on: Oct, 10 2024

+   [ pluhs ]
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noun
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An indicator that sometimes comes after the initialism LGBTQ to indicate additional sexual and gender identities not explicitly included in the letters LGBTQ.

This is our LGBTQ+ affinity group.

keywords: lgbtq, LGBTQ+, lgbtqia, plus
alternative spellings: plus
Updated on: Aug, 26 2026

4chan   [ FAW-chan ]
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An anonymous imageboard website (an imageboard focuses on the posting of images with text and commentary). Described as a hub of internet subculture, it is credited with the popularization of prominent internet memes. Its lax moderation policies have lead it to be the source of numerous controversies involving harrassment of websites and internet users, the rise of fringe political movements, and posting of offensive and illegal content.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/4chan

keywords: online, slang, web
alternative spellings: four chan
Updated on: Aug, 26 2026

8chan   [ ay-t chan ]
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An imageboard (see 4chan) website that has been linked to the alt-right, white supremacism, racism and antisemitism, neo-Nazism, hate crimes, and mass shootings, as well as being known to host child pornography.

keywords: online, slang, web
alternative spellings: 8kun, infinity-chan
Updated on: Aug, 26 2026


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