Cottaging vs. Cottage

Cottagingnoun

Sexual activity in a public lavatory, especially homosexual activity between men.

Cottagingnoun

A seasonal activity involving a prolonged stay at one or more cottages; similar to visiting, but typically for a longer duration and at a seasonal home that one owns or rents.

Cottaging

Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a , ), or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere. The term has its roots in self-contained English toilet blocks resembling small cottages in their appearance; in the English cant language of Polari this became a double entendre by gay men referring to sexual encounters.

Cottagenoun

A small house; a cot; a hut.

Cottagenoun

A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.

Cottagenoun

A public lavatory

Cottagenoun

as a meeting place for homosexual men.

Cottageverb

To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.

Cottageverb

To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.

Cottagenoun

A small house; a cot; a hut.

Cottagenoun

a small house with a single story

Cottagenoun

a small house, typically one in the country

Cottagenoun

a simple house forming part of a farm, used by a worker

Cottagenoun

(in the context of casual homosexual encounters) a public toilet.

Cottageverb

perform homosexual acts in a public toilet

Cottage

A cottage is typically a small house. It may carry the connotation of being an old or old-fashioned building.