Results for “house mother”

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house mother
noun

The experienced leader who heads a ballroom house and mentors its children.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
house
noun

A chosen-family crew in ballroom culture, led by a mother and/or father, that competes together at balls.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
House of Xtravaganza
noun

The legendary all-Latino ballroom house, founded 1982 by Hector Valle and led to glory by mother Angie Xtravaganza.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#latino
house father
noun

The male-presenting leader of a ballroom house, counterpart to the house mother.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
house mom
phrase

The dressing-room manager who looks after the dancers.

#sex-work#stripping#club#staff
house fee
phrase

The flat fee a dancer pays the club just to work her shift.

#sex-work#stripping#club#fees
House of LaBeija
noun

The first ballroom house, founded by Crystal and Lottie LaBeija after racism shut Black queens out of white drag pageants.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#harlem
House of Ninja
noun

The multiracial ballroom house founded in 1982 by Willi Ninja, the Godfather of Vogue.

#ballroom#houses#vogue#lgbtq
houseman
noun

A burglar.

#prison#criminal#burglary#theft
House mouse
noun

A recruit tasked with cleaning drill-instructor spaces.

#military#army#usmc#training
children / house children
noun

The mentored members of a ballroom house, parented by its mother and father.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
Mother
noun

A figure of authority and admiration — the icon everyone looks up to, or the head of a ballroom house.

#aave#lgbtq#ballroom#drag
trap house
noun

A house used as a base for selling drugs.

#atlanta#hip-hop#trap#drugs
shotgun house
noun

Long narrow NOLA house with rooms in a straight line front to back.

#nola#architecture#southern#hip-hop
by my house
phrase

NOLA way of saying 'at my house,' calqued from French.

#nola#yat#dialect#southern
jailhouse lawyer
noun

An inmate who plays legal advisor — qualifications optional.

#prison#legal#us#inmate
drag mother
noun

An established queen who mentors and 'raises' a newer performer.

#drag#ballroom#lgbtq#chosen-family
father / house father
noun

The seasoned leader of a ballroom house who guides and protects its members.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
like a house on fire
phrase

Getting along extremely well.

#australian#aussie#idiom#relationships
babymother
noun

Mother of one's child

#caribbean#patois#family#people
wheelhouse
noun

A hitter's power zone.

#sports#hitting#strike zone
round the houses
noun

Trousers — shortened to 'roundthes'.

#cockney#london#british#clothing
armshouse
noun

Trouble, violence, or chaos

#cockney#london#british#conflict
knees up mother brown
noun

The archetypal East End pub sing-along and dance.

#cockney#london#british#culture
the big house
noun

State prison; the penitentiary.

#prison#criminal#incarceration#urban-lingo
black over Bill's mother's
phrase

Looks like rain is coming.

#british#regional#weather#idiom
bab-house
noun

An outside toilet (privy).

#british#regional#household#noun
roundhouse cutback
noun

A figure-eight cutback that rebounds off the whitewater.

#skater#surf#maneuver#advanced
could start an argument in an empty house
phrase

Extremely argumentative.

#american#regional#insult#idiom
Mother Is Mothering
phrase

An icon is being an absolute icon — a queen serving exactly what fans love.

#gen-z#aave#american#meme
The House Down
phrase

An intensifier meaning 'completely' or 'to the max' — she served the house down.

#aave#lgbtq#drag#ballroom
Coastal Grandmother
noun

A breezy, expensive-but-effortless aesthetic of linen, neutral tones, and living like a wealthy retiree by the sea.

#gen-z#internet#american#pop
father
noun

The co-leader of a ballroom house, ranking alongside the mother.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
children
noun

The younger members of a ballroom house — the offspring of its mother and father.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
the children
noun

The junior members of a ballroom house, raised and mentored by its mother and father.

#ballroom#house#lgbtq#chosen-family
Rushdown
noun

An in-your-face archetype that wins by smothering you with fast offense.

#fighting games#archetype#offense#fgc
bootcamp
noun

A team locks itself in a house to grind practice before a big tournament.

#esports#pro-play#practice#team
hoose
noun

Geordie (and wider Scots) for house.

#geordie#scots#north-east#british
shoobz
noun

A house party. Also: to party.

#mle#london#british#party
nain
noun

North Wales for grandmother.

#welsh#wales#north-wales#family