lube, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

lube n.

[SE lubrication/lubricant; note SE lube, abbr. of lubricant, used on machinery]

1. (Aus.) a drink.

1984

Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 705: since late 1940s.

2. (US) a lubricated condom.

1981

H. Gould Fort Apache, The Bronx 250: He patted the kids down, and found a flick knife, a couple of joints and a Trojan lube.

3. any form of lubricant, e.g. KY Jelly, used to facilitate (anal) sex.

1982		A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 69: Lube on the sheets, poppers on the carpet.
1994		G. Indiana Rent Boy 9: He [...] eased off the fig and got a bottle of lube out of his gym bag.
1997		L. Davies Candy 62: He’d been trying to stick his dick in her tradesman’s entrance, no lube, no nothing.
2008		D.R. Pollock ‘Bactine’ in Knockemstiff 113: ‘I can see killin’ yourself [...] You keep doing that spray lube and shit, you won’t have to worry about it’.
2013		R.W. Hart ‘Happy Ending’ in ThugLit Apr. [ebook] [S]he cleans the lube off my junk.

4. (US gay) natural lubrication in sex, spec. from pre-semen.

1972

B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 128: lube precoital fluid which sometimes occurs when the penis is stimulated; natural lubrication.

lube job (n.) [the fluids thus generated + pun]

(US) oral or sexual intercourse.

1947–53		W. Guthrie Seeds of Man (1995) 249: Oh ho, yes, what I need, / Ten bucka lube job, / That’s what I need.
1978		L. Kramer Faggots 132: Musn’t over do the lube job.
1989		C. Hiaasen Skin Tight 103: Their next hit was Lube-Job Lover.
1992		R. Marcinko Rogue Warrior (1993) 352: Hey, baby, how about a lube job—come on, just put your hand down there where it’s hot and hard.
1999		Mkarl ‘Dog Shows’ 🌐 From my vantage point I saw the dog had worked his knot in my kid and was giving her the lube job. Jenny arched back and turned her head for a doggy kiss.

lube on (n.) [the lubrication of vaginal secretions]

(US campus) of a woman, a state of sexual excitement.

1967–8

Baker et al. CUSS 153: Lube-on / Female only / Sexually aroused.