cottaging

/ ˈkɒtɪdʒɪŋ /

noun

1. homosexual activity between men in a public lavatory

Word History and Origins

Origin of cottaging¹

C20: from cottage (sense 4)

Example Sentences

Cottaging, which takes its name from the small brick and tiled toilets built from the Victorian period onwards, saw men make use of a venue where they were sure to meet other men, and where a degree of personal exposure was common.

From BBC

It was a barely veiled cottaging guide to London's public toilets and detailed the distinctive reputations each had developed.

From BBC

Meanwhile, I get physical satisfaction from cottaging, something I started doing shortly after we married.

From The Guardian

It may have taken him till his mid-30s to come out, but when he did … boy, did he do it in style, with the single Outside, a fabulous hymn to his conviction for cottaging in a public toilet.

From The Guardian

That was crucial, he says, because, “if you don’t even have a space where you can go, then people are cruising, they’re cottaging ... It took many years for people who had been constantly looking over their shoulder, being worried, to develop proper ways of relating to each other. Ways that were not just based on sex or compromise or fear.”

From The Guardian