"power bottom" meaning in English

See power bottom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-power bottom.wav [US] Forms: power bottoms [plural], powerbottom [alternative]
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  1. (LGBTQ slang) A dominant bottom; a dominating partner with a receiving role during intercourse. Hypernyms: bottom, dom Related terms: top from the bottom Coordinate_terms: power top, service top Translations (slang: dominant penetrated partner in sex): pasivo dominante (Spanish)

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          "text": "In one phrase, power bottom means, \"Shut up and lie down. I'll take care of the rest.\"",
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          "ref": "2007 October 4, “The Gang Sells Out”, in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Dennis, Frank, and Mac (Glenn Howerton, Danny DeVito, and Rob McElhenney):",
          "text": "Dennis: I'm sure there's a great deal of switching back and forth, but I think more often than not, bears are tops. Unless they happen to be power bottoms.",
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          "ref": "2008, Sean Wolfe, Taboo, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 70:",
          "text": "I know a power bottom when I fuck one.",
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          "ref": "2010 October 6, John Simpson, Wolf's Head Inn, →ISBN, →OL:",
          "text": "\"I love that you're a power bottom\", Michael said between thrusts.",
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        "A dominant bottom; a dominating partner with a receiving role during intercourse."
      ],
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        "(LGBTQ slang) A dominant bottom; a dominating partner with a receiving role during intercourse."
      ]
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "slang: dominant penetrated partner in sex",
      "word": "pasivo dominante"
    }
  ],
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}

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