Sexual activity in a public lavatory, especially involving homosexual or bisexual men. 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 is a British gay slang term referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory, 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.
The word used in this sense is predominantly British, though the term is occasionally used with the same meaning in other parts of the world. Among gay men in America, lavatories used for this purpose are called tea rooms. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
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