Gloryhole has two quite distinct meanings. In sexual slang it refers to a hole in a partition — typically in a public restroom or sex venue — through which anonymous sexual contact occurs. This is its dominant contemporary meaning in popular culture. In mining terminology, a glory hole is an open-pit or funnel-shaped excavation used in certain extraction methods. The sexual sense now overwhelmingly dominates in casual usage, meaning the mining sense typically needs explicit clarification in non-specialist contexts.
The documentary explored the history of cruising culture, including the role of the gloryhole in urban gay communities before the internet era.
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(mining) To mine using a glory hole.
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(slang, rare) To have sex through a glory hole.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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