slang; an expression for a BISEXUAL black man (who "thinks" he's straight - hah!), married or with a girlfriend, having sexual relations with another man.
Lennie pretends he's not bisexual, but he's on the down low - so, duh, same difference!
1)Heterosexual man who engages in anal sex with other men. 2)Married man who sleeps with men, with out any one knowing.
3)Prisoner who needs a pick-me-up.
4)A self identifying yet closeted homosexual.
Mary and John were happily married with three kids, John had many business trips he had to go on so he was not at home often. John's "business" trips included long nights in hotels with strange men involving sexual encounters. Years later Mary found out she was HIV positive and couldn't figure out why. John was a man on the down low.
DMX has sex with men but know one knows about it. He is a man on the down low.
The act of having sex while in the immediate vicinity of other person(s) who are completely unaware that anything untoward is happening. Often happens at parties or to unwitting roommates
"Dude, I totally got some stank on the down low at that party yesterday - we had sex in the bathroom and nobody even noticed!
A door wall is a sliding-glass door or patio door. The term is yet another example of banal Michigan vernacular, where in the residents latch on to company names, trademark names, marketing terms and product names from local companies. The terms become embedded in the local vocabulary and eventually become accepted as actual valid words and phrases. In this case the term comes from Wallside Windows in Taylor, MI (a large window manufacturer), where 'door wall' is their created word for sliding-glass door.
"Bob! John's gonna bring over them doorwalls from Wallsides on Tuesdee afternoon 'round two-thirty. Get 'er done!"