kai kai

kai kai

See also: kai-kai

English

Etymology

Related to kiki: either related to the sense "lesbian who is neither butch nor femme" because a butch who was sexual with another butch was considered un-butch and thus kiki, and likewise a femme sexual with another femme,[1] and the term was then extended to a trans person who was sexual with another trans person or a drag queen who was sexual with another drag queen,[2] or perhaps extended from the sense "gathering for gossiping, social activity".[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪ.kaɪ/

Noun

kai kai

1. (LGBT, slang) Sexual activity or intercourse between drag queens.
   • 2010 February, Michael Steck, "Michael vs Pandora: Round 1", in The Empty Closet, number 431, page 1:

     Speaking of love, were there any hookups on RuPaul's Drag Race? A little kai kai, perhaps? (Kai Kai is a term that is used to talk about two drag queens having sexual relations.)

   • 2013 April, Frontiers, volume 31, issue 25, "For A Good Time, Call William", page 50:

     William's parodies—including "The Vagina Song, "Chow Down," "Let's Have a Kai Kai," "Love You Like a Big Schlong" and, most recently, "Boy is a Bottom"—have proven to be prime examples of William's comedic abilities.

   • 2020, Crystal Rasmussen, ‎Tom Rasmussen, Diary of a Drag Queen:

     But the other night with Ace marked my first kai kai, and it was in a toilet worse than that of a gay club. That's growth. Doing stuff in drag was not much different from doing stuff out of drag. All the parts work the same, and it's quite fun […]

See also

• kai-kai

References

1. Lillian Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life (1991), page 168
2. Donald F. Reuter, ''Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime (2006), page 119
3. Indra Arriaga, "Kiki", in Anchorae Press (2017 June 15); Word of the Gay