Arnold Zwicky's Blog

On the topic of gay bar names, two stand out for the way they combine metaphorical sexual content (while also evoking high-masculinity social contexts): Mineshaft and Toolbox. Each has a phallic component (shaft and tool) and an omphalic component (mine and box), thus providing the whole package of anal intercourse in a single word.

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