queen v.
1. (US) to pursue women.
![]() | Sun (Kalgoorlie, WA) 27 July 8/5: [US speaker] ‘We haven’t had any too much time for queenin’ [...] we’ve been too busy feeding our faces’ [queen n. (1a)]. |
2. to act in an effeminate manner; to pose ostentatiously [queen n. (2)].
![]() | Queens’ Vernacular 164: queen up (Brit gay sl, fr sl queen *queen) 1. to fall into homosexual company 2. to assume girlish mannerisms, such as coating the face with cosmetics and fussing with the hair. | |
![]() | Spike Island (1981) 439: There might be a certain amount of uniform queening in it, because most men like to wear a uniform. | |
![]() | Swimming-Pool Library (1998) 65: With James I often reverted to the flaunted deviancy we practised at Oxford, queening along the Cornmarket. | |
![]() | Gayle 90/1: queen it up v. act in an ostentatiously effeminate manner (He’s really queening it up tonight!). | |
![]() | (con. 1980s) Skagboys 263: Me n Nicksy are trying tae queen it up a bit, like we’re an item, a genuine homosexual couple. |
3. (US) in sadomasochism, squatting over someone's face and possibly defecating, urinating, demanding anlingus, etc.
![]() | personal ad, adult bookstore Lang. Sadomasochism (1989) 111: I am a submissive slave [...] who will do your every bidding. I’m especially into queening — I want your ass on my face! |