Meanings
plural pillow-biters · alternative pillow biter · alternative pillowbiter
- derogatoryhumorousslangSynonym of bottom (“homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex”).
‘You a pillow-biter or what?’ ‘Hell no. I just think you're too young, that's all.’
2003, D. B. C. Pierre, Vernon God Little2 more examples
When I'd come in, he'd say stuff like ‘The little pillow-biter is home’ or ‘The little fairy has just flown in’.
2002, Mark A. Roeder, Keeper of Secrets[…] a stuffed shirt, a raving pillow-biter or a looney old lezzo with a face like a half-sucked mango, […]
2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, A Portrait of the Artist As Australian: L'œuvre Bizarre de Barry HumphriesSynonyms: bottom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of bottom (“homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex”).
Origin
From the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, where Norman Scott, indicating his reluctant participation in receptive homosexual activity, stated I just bit the pillow, I tried not to scream because I was frightened of waking Mrs Thorpe.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hebrew נושך כריות
- נושך כריות (noshech kariyot)Translations
Spanish bardaje, muerdealmohadas
- bardajeTranslations
- muerdealmohadasTranslations
Swedish kuddbitare
- kuddbitareTranslations
Cite this entry
pillow-biter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillow-biter
“pillow-biter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillow-biter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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