pillow-biter

Meaning

Noun

• A homosexual man.

Origin

• From the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, where Norman Scott, indicating his reluctant participation in receptive homosexual activity, said "I just bit the pillow, I tried not to scream because I was frightened of waking Mrs Thorpe."{{cite-book
• |author=Lewis Chester, Magnus Linklater, David May
• |year=1979
• |title=Jeremy Thorpe: a secret life
• |publisher=University of Michigan
• |isbn=023397184X