Whores for Gloria

Glossary

The following list of terms is for the reader who may not have constant access to whores and drugs. (Some of these words, of course, are location-specific, such as "black-and white"; police cars are differently colored in different areas.)

Assing—Tricking.

Black-and-white—Police car.

Box—Vagina.

Company—Sex.

Date—Trick.

Decepticon—A perfect transvestite.

Fix—Addict's required dose of drug (usually injected).

Flatbacking—Missionary position intercourse.

Golden shower—Sex act in which one partner urinates on the other.

Half-and-half—Fellatio followed by straight intercourse.

He-she—Transvestite.

Ho or hole—Prostitute, or sometimes simply a woman.

Hubba—Cocaine processed into smokeable "crack".

John—A prostitute's trick.

Love — Sex.

Miss Thing—Transvestite.

Shit—Anything you shoot into your arm.

Smack—Heroin.

Smoke—Hubba.

Snitch—Police informant.

Speedball—Heroin and cocaine.

Transformer—Transvestite.

Trick pad—Hotel where the prostitute brings her tricks. (She usually lives elsewhere.)

Ten/two—Old term for sex in a trick pad ($10 for a flat-back + $2 to get into trick pad).

A more accurate term now would be forty/five.