Double-decker

Quick meaning: Double-decker is a noun meaning A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.

Meaning

A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.

More Meanings

1. A frigate with two decks above the waterline.
2. (figuratively) Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.
3. (journalism) A headline that is two lines long.
4. (India, LGBTQ slang) a man who both penetrates (top) and is penetrated (bottom) in sex with other men; sometimes also has relationships with women and/or presents masculine as well as feminine mannerisms and appearances.

Example Sentences

A double-decker is a term used for someone who functions as both. Double-deckers and Kothis have a high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases according to studies among different MSM sub-groups in the nation.

Participants were either kothi (feminine acting, usually the receptive sexual partner) or double-decker (either insertive or receptive sexual partner; usually has male and female partners) at screening, and were required to speak English, Tamil (in Chennai), or Hindi (in Mumbai) fluently.

Indian MSM include self-identified gay men (Western acculturated), kothis (men who tend to be the receptive male partner in anal and oral sex and typically have more effeminate mannerisms), panthis (men who tend to be the insertive male partner in anal and oral sex), and double deckers (men who are both receptive and insertive partners). While MSM may self-identify as kothi, the terms panthi and double-decker are generally given by kothis to their male partners based on their sexual roles.

Word Forms

• double-deckers
• doubledecker

Synonyms for double-decker

Depending on context, synonyms include versatile, vers, switch, coach, omnibus, jitney.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bus, omnibus, autobus, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach.

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