Gengoroh (sometimes Gengorou) Tagame, b. 1964, is openly gay and Japan's best known artist who deals in explicitly hardcore themes of male homosexuality and BDSM. His work typically depicts hirsute and stocky characters of the type called bears in English. This genre, which Tagame founded and still leads, is called bara manga -- roughly "bear porn" or "bear graphic novels," a subset of gei comi or "gay comics." Bara manga as a genre stands in sharp distinction to the better known yaoi manga, which generally feature stories of young, smooth, hairless gay men that have particular appeal to female readers.
Tagama the artist has a large number of magazine illustrations and some fine art to his credit, but his reputation rests primarily on his many manga, many of them multi-part. Tagame's best-known and most widely-read manga today is probably his trilogy from the mid-2000's, "Pride", about a hunky college student who is trained as a BDSM slave (masochist) by a college professor who becomes his master.
Some of Tagame's work has been translated and sold in France. There are no official translations of his manga in English-speaking language to date; in a few cases fans and amateurs have taken it on themselves to clandestinely scan and translate some of his work into rough English, a process known as Scanlation. This type of work is widely circulated on the Internet but is not legal due to copyright conventions and Tagame receives no royalties for it.
Tagama the artist has a large number of magazine illustrations and some fine art to his credit, but his reputation rests primarily on his many manga, many of them multi-part. Tagame's best-known and most widely-read manga today is probably his trilogy from the mid-2000's, "Pride", about a hunky college student who is trained as a BDSM slave (masochist) by a college professor who becomes his master.
Some of Tagame's work has been translated and sold in France. There are no official translations of his manga in English-speaking language to date; in a few cases fans and amateurs have taken it on themselves to clandestinely scan and translate some of his work into rough English, a process known as Scanlation. This type of work is widely circulated on the Internet but is not legal due to copyright conventions and Tagame receives no royalties for it.
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"So at the height of the torture, Ohasi gets hot candle wax dripped on his ...."
"Don't tell me. Gotta be some sort of manga from Gengoroh Tagame."
"So at the height of the torture, Ohasi gets hot candle wax dripped on his ...."
"Don't tell me. Gotta be some sort of manga from Gengoroh Tagame."
by al-in-chgo April 12, 2010
The "Male Member" (sometimes 'male organ') is a delicate way to refer to the penis for people who are grossed out by street slang (dick, cock, etc.) and who think even "penis" is unnecessarily graphic.
Even today, there are such people around.
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Even today, there are such people around.
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"Did you see the graffiti on that boxcar? The small letter "i" is really the male member -- the base is the testicles and the dot over the "i" is ejaculate."
"I must have missed it -- but then, I don't go looking for such things. lol."
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"I must have missed it -- but then, I don't go looking for such things. lol."
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by al-in-chgo March 19, 2010
Pronounced "Pee Yew" and also spelled "P U" or spelled out "Pfew!", "Phew!," or "Pee-yew!" this aging American interjection, often accompanied with a pinched nose or similar disgusted gesture, indicates the existence of a foul or overpowering odor. Its use seems to have peaked in the mid-Twentieth Century as a semi-euphemism for olfactory revulsion, but is still occasionally used today.
Betty: Archie, what happened to you? P U! (Waves hand in front of face)
Archie (red-faced): I fell in a pickle barrel at the grocery store.
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Sweet Dee Reynolds (in TV show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," ca. 2010): Moms stink! P.U.!!
(episode "Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties," September 29, 2011)
Archie (red-faced): I fell in a pickle barrel at the grocery store.
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Sweet Dee Reynolds (in TV show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," ca. 2010): Moms stink! P.U.!!
(episode "Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties," September 29, 2011)
by al-in-chgo April 10, 2018
Also "dogcock" or "dogscock." British journalese for an exclamation mark (!) due to the visual similarity. Considered vulgar but widely used within the industry.
Mentioned in Lynn Truss's book EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES.
Mentioned in Lynn Truss's book EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES.
by al-in-chgo March 03, 2011
(Occasionally "cubby bear"): A hairy young gay man with the beginnings of a bear's burly or stocky figure. He doesn't have to be short; to indicate shortness of stature or slenderness in a hairy young gay man, the going term is "otter".
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"Roman Wright is six foot two and hairy-chested. He's a bear cub because he's only 28 years old.
With that height, he will definitely never be an otter, though."
With that height, he will definitely never be an otter, though."
by al-in-chgo February 27, 2010
Keeping a product (usually food or drug) refrigerated or frozen all the way from its creation through its distribution to its point of sale.
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"When these one-pound bags of frozen vegetables got to the store, they were no longer frozen. Someone broke the cold chain somewhere along the way."
"When these one-pound bags of frozen vegetables got to the store, they were no longer frozen. Someone broke the cold chain somewhere along the way."
by al-in-chgo June 21, 2010
Three definitions:
1. Mock fighting or wrestling, horseplay, slapping, or grab-assing, usually indulged in by immature boys.
2. Adults who evade work responsibility by indulging in tomfoolery or idle socializing when there is work to be done.
3. Current euphemism for "have sex," having replaced "make love" about 25-30 years ago. "Fooling around" connotes sexual foreplay which may or may not lead to deliberate intercourse depending on the couple's tradition and current opportunity.
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1. Mock fighting or wrestling, horseplay, slapping, or grab-assing, usually indulged in by immature boys.
2. Adults who evade work responsibility by indulging in tomfoolery or idle socializing when there is work to be done.
3. Current euphemism for "have sex," having replaced "make love" about 25-30 years ago. "Fooling around" connotes sexual foreplay which may or may not lead to deliberate intercourse depending on the couple's tradition and current opportunity.
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1-"Boys, if you don't stop that fooling around back there, I'm gonna turn this van around and we'll all go home."
2-"The phone was ringing, and where were the front-office employees? In the break room, fooling around as usual."
3-"There's nothing on TV and the kids are asleep. Feel like fooling around?"
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2-"The phone was ringing, and where were the front-office employees? In the break room, fooling around as usual."
3-"There's nothing on TV and the kids are asleep. Feel like fooling around?"
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by al-in-chgo August 18, 2010