Talk:angel

Anal sex-related definitions

For "vandal" definitions:

1. (slang)
   1. a gay male who practices anal sex especially with a boy as the passive partner--a pederast
   2. a passive male receiver in anal sex

      'there came two angels to Sodom' and Lot begged 'the men of Sodom' to do no wickedness to them, offering his 'daughters' instead.--Gen 19:1-7
      
      

      When Bottom 'will sing' (coit - P), he chooses the song of a turd. He sings of the 'ousel cock" (blackbird, Turdus merula) and 'throstle' (song thrush, Tardus musicus). His song awakens Titania: 'What angel wakes me ... ?'--William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, m.i. 132.
      
      

      What costs a Rape, or Incest, and how cheap You may an Harlot, or an Ingle keep.--a1683 John Oldham, Poet. Wks. (1686) 88

The second definition (and possibly the first one) given is accurate ("angel bending" is a self-explanatory derived term from it), and would be found in our Appendix:Gay slang page if it existed (hmm, creating it would be quite a project...). The following quotes however are obviously not useful. I'll hunt for a reference on the first 2 definitions and reinclude it on the page. --Dangherous 21:11, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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angel

"A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches." The citation given is from the book of Revelation, which appears to actually reference angels (perhaps in the sense of "messenger"). I doubt the word is used in the sense of "minister/pastor," unless a misunderstanding of the use of the word in Revelation has led to usage in that sense. Regardless, the citation from Revelation should be removed. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 03:09, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Agree. If anything it's figurative. Leasnam (talk) 09:51, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 01:35, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Chambers 1908 also has this sense: "one supposed to have a special commission, as the head of the Church in Rev. ii. and iii., or the angel of the Catholic and Apostolic Church, who corresponds in a limited sense to the bishop of other Christian denominations". Equinox ◑ 21:26, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Aha! Using that last clue, I searched for "angel(s) or bishop(s)" and found several books, and although many are talking about the angels in the churches mentioned in Revelation (where the usual 'angelic being' sense can't be ruled out), I did find a couple books which seem to use the word to refer to church officers outside those Asian churches. - -sche (discuss) 05:04, 18 March 2019 (UTC)