Etymology

petukh

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Today it means: A man forced into a homosexual relationship and used as a sex slave or servant by another man, especially in the Russian prison and military systems. Full definition →

Russian петух
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The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromпетух“prison bitch”
  2. English todaypetukh

Borrowed from Russian петух (petux, “prison bitch”), literally “rooster”.

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