Table 1.
Sexual and substance use topics associated with colloquial terms found in text conversations based on qualitative interviews with men who have sex with men community members.
Topic | Words |
Alcohol | drunk, drinking, booze, party, liquor |
Marijuana | toke, pipe, weed, pot, mary jane |
Cocaine | crack, blow, snow, yayo, powder |
Methamphetamine | meth, speed, ice, crank, crystal |
Amyl nitrate | poppers, rush, pops, amyl |
Heroin | dope, smack, junk, tar |
Ecstasy | X, Ex, molly, rolling, mdma |
GHB | G, roll, water |
Ketamine | K |
Type of substance other/general | pills, favors, DMT, party, party favors |
Snorting | snort, sniff, rack, rail, lines |
Inhaling | smoke, blow clouds, hit, puff |
Injection | straight to the point, straight to the poinT, slam, slamming, shoot, shooting |
Anal insertion | booty bumping, butt rocket, plug, plugging |
Substance use behavior other/general | gen, generous, friends with benefits |
Buying drugs | Do you have a connect, I can contribute, can you do me a big/little/huge favor |
Masturbation | JO, jack, stroke, HJ, jack off |
Oral sex | blow, head, gloryhole, suck, BJ |
Anal intercourse | top, bottom, fuck, power top, power bottom |
Group sex | 3some, 3way, gang bang, orgy, bukkake |
Sex work | $, roses, generous, pro, GEN |
Anonymous | anon, discreet, discrete, anonymous, random play |
Sex with condoms | condoms, rubber, safe sex, play safe, safe |
Condomless sex | Bareback, bare, raw, seed, seeding |
Substance use and sex | Party and play, smoke and stroke, pnp, party, partying |
Sexual behavior general/other | 69 |