Alternative forms

• pillow biter, pillowbiter

Etymology

From the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, where Norman Scott, indicating his reluctant participation in receptive homosexual activity, stated I just bit the pillow, I tried not to scream because I was frightened of waking Mrs Thorpe.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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1. (slangCategory:English slang#PILLOWBITER, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#PILLOWBITER or humorousCategory:English humorous terms#PILLOWBITER) Synonym of bottom: A homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex.
   • 2002, Mark A. Roeder, Keeper of Secrets:

     When I'd come in, he'd say stuff like ‘The little pillow-biter is home’ or ‘The little fairy has just flown in’.

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   • 2003, D. B. C. Pierre, Vernon God Little:

     ‘You a pillow-biter or what?’ ‘Hell no. I just think you're too young, that's all.’

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   • 2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, A Portrait of the Artist As Australian: L'œuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries:

     ... a stuffed shirt, a raving pillow-biter or a looney old lezzo with a face like a half-sucked mango, ...

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