t.b.h. n.
(gay) a potential sexual conquest.
Queens’ Vernacular 194: TBH (Cape Town gay sl) can be made. | ||
(con. 1927–30) Emlyn 27: He was amazed by my innocence [...] ‘Honey, you have the nerve to tell me you don’t know what “t.b.h.” means, but, cheri, [...] it means “to be had”, naturellement.’. | ||
The Dilly Boys 82: The boys themselves are known in the homosexual world as rent, hustlers or TBH – ‘to be had.’. | ||
(ref. to 1930s) in Between the Acts 137: It wasn’t called gay in those days. One used to say, are you ‘so’? Or he’s comme ca, if you were higher up, or TBH (to be had). | ||
Lingo 116: tbh is an abbreviation of to be had, meaning that someone is sexually available. ntbh means they are not. | ||
Fabulosa 298/2: TBH 1. sexually available (to be had), 2. gay. |