It was revealed today that the word "partner" is gay-code for homosexual lover.
In a multi-year, multi-cultural study of gay people published in the journal Humpthebutt, a gay-code, or a secret and gay language, was found to exist among our nation's gay men and women.
"The word 'partner' actually refers to a lover of the same sex," said Rydel M. Tisdale, Sociologist, homosexual and contributor to the journal HTB. "We have also found that gay men refer to one another as 'she' or 'sister' or 'Mary,' gay women refer to one another as 'stud' or 'dude' or 'bull-dyke clam-smackin' bitch.'