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Keys code
· noun · kink
Pre-hanky cruising signal: keys on the left hip mean top, on the right mean bottom.
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Before the hanky code took over, men flagged with their keys. A bunch of keys clipped to the left belt loop or hip said top/active; on the right said bottom/receptive. Same left-right logic the hanky code later inherited. Quiet, deniable, readable across a crowded bar — exactly what you needed in an era when being obvious was risky.
“Keys on his left hip — old-school flagging that told you everything before you said hello.”
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Keys code In A Sentence
Keys on his left hip — old-school flagging that told you everything before you said hello.
Origin & Usage
An early gay cruising signal predating/overlapping the hanky code; key placement on left or right hip indicated top or bottom status, using the same left/right convention the handkerchief code adopted.
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