Bob the Drag Queen Teaches You Drag Slang | Vanity Fair

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @julianag1762
    @julianag1762 4 года назад +10144

    who else already knew all these but is here just to hear Bob talk

  • @glittergrasshopper1144
    @glittergrasshopper1144 4 года назад +3641

    I just love that Bob described "body-ody-ody" as just serving an extreme of any body type, not just a perfect hourglass

    • @khads18
      @khads18 4 года назад +124

      We love the politically correct queen.

    • @kchan4621
      @kchan4621 4 года назад +16

      I immediately thought Courtney Act. Ha

    • @lisasmith943
      @lisasmith943 4 года назад +8

      Bob is politically correct without even trying. In fact, I think he coined the phrase. ❤️

    • @arniecalang4583
      @arniecalang4583 4 года назад +3

      Kam Chan it’s always been Courtney Act ❤️❤️

    • @bbear2695
      @bbear2695 3 года назад +1

      its not just politically correct, its ballroom.

  • @duckydae
    @duckydae 4 года назад +3194

    “Serving Face.” Oh, you mean Alyssa when she’s near a mirror? 😂

    • @TeeSupreme
      @TeeSupreme 4 года назад +23

      my thoughts exactly 😂😂😂

    • @MxWh1sp3r
      @MxWh1sp3r 4 года назад +12

      I thought the same. exact. thing

    • @vanityplates3125
      @vanityplates3125 4 года назад +6

      I wanted to comment this, but knew it had been said. 😂

    • @colormewonderful5187
      @colormewonderful5187 4 года назад +6

      Lol I love her faces! They are so funny and weird, the episode when they are doing their make up in the dark and shes still making the faces 😂😂😂

    • @katya_velour785
      @katya_velour785 2 года назад +1

      *tongue pop*

  • @christianurena510
    @christianurena510 4 года назад +5012

    The “queen for the people” right were she belongs! Fully booked, successful and educating the masses

    • @Burritoast
      @Burritoast 4 года назад

      thats a guy, bud

    • @AXia415
      @AXia415 4 года назад +62

      Kelso nah she's the QUEEN! A WO-MAN HUNTY

    • @tai7952
      @tai7952 4 года назад +35

      @@Burritoast WOW 👏 we didn't know 🤯🤯

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones 4 года назад +36

      @@Burritoast you win a year's supply of orange peels!!

    • @faosparkNeo
      @faosparkNeo 4 года назад +18

      @@Burritoast gurl do you want carrots or raspberries?

  • @notanalien9672
    @notanalien9672 4 года назад +3127

    Bob could read me the side effects list off of an ambien commercial and I would still be thoroughly entertained.

  • @cattusahoy
    @cattusahoy 4 года назад +462

    I really love how Bob kept it fairly gender neutral, not passing into "Feeling the Fantasy.... of being a woman" or "being clocked... for being a man dressed as a woman." He clearly cares about the gender politics surrounding drag! I appreciate it so much!

    • @phoebe.aur0ra
      @phoebe.aur0ra 3 года назад +20

      Yea but also 'clocked' isn't drag slag, it's specific to trans people, and modern drag makes people think that cis people can use clocked like that when it's not for the cis, even if they crossdress.

    • @user-ne4fp2ts3n
      @user-ne4fp2ts3n 2 года назад +3

      @@phoebe.aur0ra 🙄

  • @scrubscrubscrubs
    @scrubscrubscrubs 4 года назад +777

    Love that there’s someone out there who really thinks “showboating” is drag queens slang

    • @PiranhaSatan
      @PiranhaSatan 4 года назад +58

      same with mug

    • @terrancejovan4825
      @terrancejovan4825 4 года назад +52

      Yea that goes for a few of these so called "drag terms"(that are actually ballroom terms)..

    • @navarronbret15
      @navarronbret15 4 года назад +3

      Terrance Jovan THANK YOU I was gonna say it

    • @clearlylucy7939
      @clearlylucy7939 4 года назад

      Ikr 😂😂😂😂

    • @CM-kr3rj
      @CM-kr3rj 4 года назад +12

      @@PiranhaSatan lol, mug is a common word used for face in the UK. Not one I use, but many do..not drag related

  • @Frikka3
    @Frikka3 4 года назад +1780

    Bob did a great job considering some of the words provided as “drag slang”... Whoever picked those words-that was embarrassing 😆

    • @enough3849
      @enough3849 4 года назад +101

      As I say, if there hasn’t been a challenge of it on drag race, they don’t know it. Yes, I’m a salty old queen

  • @noothankyou
    @noothankyou 4 года назад +824

    I could watch Bob talk about literally anything, do you hear me Vanity Fair? LITERALLY ANYTHING!

    • @Laurensita333
      @Laurensita333 4 года назад +1

      hahaha this comment made me LOL

    • @robin9207
      @robin9207 4 года назад +1

      AGREE

    • @Lvcccas
      @Lvcccas 4 года назад +1

      I am brazilian and TOTALLY AGREE with you.

  • @tearsintheraincantfeelthep475
    @tearsintheraincantfeelthep475 4 года назад +1028

    *Drag her*
    *Slay her*
    *Sipping on that true tea, hunty*
    *Gag*

    • @andreafaithchong3333
      @andreafaithchong3333 4 года назад +67

      the katya alternative:
      *read her*
      *monologue her*
      *dianne wiest her to death hunty*

    • @KuwaitiHabibi
      @KuwaitiHabibi 4 года назад +4

      Drag Ha! Slay Ha!

    • @_lexi
      @_lexi 4 года назад +1

      uaig90apydhug0asgioyhdfgiofgf

    • @MissSandieB
      @MissSandieB 4 года назад +13

      Petty.
      Petty Boots.
      PETTY THE HOUSE DOWN BOOTS

    • @yassbtch9039
      @yassbtch9039 4 года назад +3

      *fish/fishy*

  • @rv7788
    @rv7788 4 года назад +188

    dictionary definition: SHOWBOATING - PHOTO OF WILLAM "MY BOAT IS BEAUTIFUL"

    • @JeremyMYG
      @JeremyMYG 4 года назад +12

      🎶 My boat is pretty 🎶

  • @maxtuning9844
    @maxtuning9844 4 года назад +332

    love the way bob broke down drag as not just men in women’s clothing maybe a certain miss paul could take a watch and learn a lil somethin

    • @ada2354
      @ada2354 4 года назад +8

      I SCREAMED🧍‍♂️this is the best comment

  • @judepitre2089
    @judepitre2089 4 года назад +604

    Me acting like I don’t know any of these:
    tHaT waS QuiTe a ShOw.
    VeRy eNteRtAiNinG

  • @AngryCandy89
    @AngryCandy89 4 года назад +741

    I thought "squirrel Friends" was because drag Queens also hide their "nuts"....

    • @chel91
      @chel91 4 года назад +61

      OH MY GOD HAHAHAHH

    • @boolah128
      @boolah128 4 года назад +93

      AngryCandy89 yes! Friends that hide their nuts. And hunty is a combination of honey and c* nty

    • @mbm432
      @mbm432 4 года назад +12

      Yes that’s what I thought too. I think ru even said that

    • @gacktodesu
      @gacktodesu 4 года назад +39

      Ru once said everybody who LIKES nuts is a squirrel friend 🌰🌰🐿

    • @lolasoc131
      @lolasoc131 4 года назад +32

      Well, that's how Mama Ru defines it but I believe Bob was trying to keep it more inclusive.

  • @AttnDefDis_
    @AttnDefDis_ 4 года назад +206

    Come on, mug, escandalo, show boating, etc. These are certainly not drag queen specific.
    However, Bob did awesome. I mean, he defined the phrases and used them in a sentence. That Merriam Webster line at the end was no joke.

  • @mikerodstrom
    @mikerodstrom 4 года назад +274

    I would absolutely die for Bob

  • @TwilightIsLIfe4493
    @TwilightIsLIfe4493 4 года назад +39

    Yesssss I love that Bob immediately went to defend "non-traditional" definitions of "drag."

  • @agrayday
    @agrayday 4 года назад +108

    Bob is so thorough! This was the best episode of this series I've seen.

  • @michigo_xo
    @michigo_xo 4 года назад +75

    Bob was PERFECT, so educated on ballroom history and so mindful towards gender inclusivity :’) I love the breakdown of “clock” since it’s been used problematically towards trans women and LOVE the explanation of drag including all genders 💜💜💜 a queen of the people !!!

    • @helenl3193
      @helenl3193 4 года назад +2

      Yes, I'm glad that was mentioned as I still occasionally use it in the UK/cockney sense I grew up with - to notice something/someone. I now know not to use it anymore, as I wouldn't want to accidentally offend anyone.
      (I wouldn't be talking about 'clocking' a trans person anyway, I'm an ally and have friends who I've witnessed struggle with passing, and I totally understand that pain, but you never know who around you may be trans/nb and might be made uncomfortable anyway)

  • @ovh992
    @ovh992 4 года назад +105

    Boots is just an exclamation point verbalized.

  • @tecc
    @tecc 4 года назад +41

    When you’re so steeped in drag culture that you struggle to explain drag slang without using more drag slang/referencing drag history. I love it.

  • @justbeyondthecornerproduct3540
    @justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 4 года назад +32

    As a straight guy growing up in small town Ireland, I heard "body-ody-ody" and instinctively replied "oi oi oi"

  • @BellasielBOB
    @BellasielBOB 4 года назад +85

    “I was asked by a Thorgy...”. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @angelicavillamarin3452
    @angelicavillamarin3452 4 года назад +70

    Boots and house down boots are the best interjections ever.

    • @pimpindymepiece
      @pimpindymepiece 4 года назад +7

      I use boots daily and ppl have no idea what I’m saying lol

    • @LadyJaggerX3
      @LadyJaggerX3 4 года назад +1

      I first became aware of Boots through Scissor Sisters.

  • @shantanupanda1650
    @shantanupanda1650 4 года назад +168

    Next up, "oh the fracking" now let me tell you that I can't tell you about this one mama

    • @ReversibleOctopus
      @ReversibleOctopus 4 года назад +19

      I was just about to say, they left out Fracking.

    • @salifusadat3002
      @salifusadat3002 4 года назад +4

      Why bring Ru in everything like gurl, ain’t y’all tired

    • @officerdandy
      @officerdandy 4 года назад +5

      🙅‍♀️

    • @victoireldb6404
      @victoireldb6404 4 года назад +8

      guess who’s frack in the house

  • @froufroudeluxe
    @froufroudeluxe 4 года назад +176

    I’m kinda disappointed most of these are drag race terms and not slang that is actually used in the drag scene

    • @unholyblair
      @unholyblair 4 года назад +19

      A good hunk of the ones here are slang we do use. Then it also depends on where you’re at, it changes based on areas😁

  • @lilb0yb1ue
    @lilb0yb1ue 4 года назад +2321

    What straight white woman at Vanity Fair chose all this slang???

  • @alishaxoxos
    @alishaxoxos 4 года назад +46

    “Queen’s English” 🤣🤣

  • @katydid9
    @katydid9 4 года назад +234

    Isn't "squirrel friends" also a group of pals that enjoy nuts?!

    • @rachelconsoli8428
      @rachelconsoli8428 4 года назад +4

      Yeah I thought it was friends who hide their nuts aka they tuck

    • @TM9_
      @TM9_ 4 года назад +11

      Yeah, but I think Vanity Fair wanted Bob to be more kid friendly. Same with the “hunty” definition

  • @ajakennedy6072
    @ajakennedy6072 4 года назад +12

    "I don't know how squirrels communicate." Lol, I don't know why that was so funny to me. I love Bob the Drag Queen.

  • @SarahBloom
    @SarahBloom 4 года назад +23

    So appreciative that bob took the time to break down the term drag. So tired of seeing people discredit AFAB drag artists, specifically kings.

  • @flinthossfeld7226
    @flinthossfeld7226 4 года назад +37

    I would literally listen to Bob reading the phone book.

  • @shadyhaterade
    @shadyhaterade 4 года назад +22

    Bob is so awesome to watch because he is SO smart and such a great speaker! Please have him do more videos for your channel! Very enjoyable to learn from him.

  • @sashaanikof374
    @sashaanikof374 4 года назад +33

    I love that Bob had to specify that he doesn't know how squirrels communicate 😂😂

  • @milosummers5064
    @milosummers5064 4 года назад +251

    Some of this wasn’t drag slang it was just stuff people said on drag race

    • @SarahLibogomalove
      @SarahLibogomalove 4 года назад +8

      Who do you think "people on drag race" are?

    • @milosummers5064
      @milosummers5064 4 года назад +34

      Sarah Libogoma just bc a drag queen said it it doesn’t make it drag slang

    • @beefortebrea9386
      @beefortebrea9386 4 года назад +8

      @@SarahLibogomalove just because someone said it doesn't make it slang.
      "Showboating" is a whole word that existed way before drag

    • @ann_taundra
      @ann_taundra 4 года назад +3

      I get what you mean. Also, I hate to credit drag race or inflate it's significance to the industry's culture, but I feel like it's cultural impact definitely reshaped what we think to be "drag slang". If that makes sense

    • @milosummers5064
      @milosummers5064 4 года назад +1

      Timothy Angelo Curtis I get that but some of it was just not

  • @Barnabybright
    @Barnabybright 4 года назад +8

    Particularly glad for his demonstration of using 'heather' in a sentence: 'Hey Heather'

  • @MegaCookieman12
    @MegaCookieman12 4 года назад +19

    they called the right person to do this

  • @meganmishinaburke1080
    @meganmishinaburke1080 4 года назад +121

    I clicked on this so quickly I love bob

  • @BigTonyPhoenix
    @BigTonyPhoenix 4 года назад +12

    I am so glad that they added the term drag king in this. I'm a trans guy who performs in drag shows as a king, and it's nice to see recognition. Thank you!

  • @IceMadrox
    @IceMadrox 4 года назад +10

    Can we just call him by a title he deserves? Dr. Bob the Drag Queen stays educating the masses and I am not here to miss his classes!

  • @oceanlawnlove8109
    @oceanlawnlove8109 4 года назад +25

    oh my god i cant believe this exists. i didnt know i needed this so bad hahaha. him being the new host for the pitstop (hopefully permanently) has already been such a pleasure. idk him so i wont say i love him but i love the content he's making

    • @sandra-jones
      @sandra-jones 4 года назад +3

      This is the 3rd season Bob has done the Pit Stop and he is the Crowned Queen of season 8 OF RPDR. I highly recommend you watch that season. Also Sibling Rivalry is his Podcast.

  • @enough3849
    @enough3849 4 года назад +96

    At 11:18 when he says more often then not drag queens are AFAB, he mispoke and he meant to say Drag kings, are AFAB

    • @EndingCutlery
      @EndingCutlery 4 года назад +12

      you can get bio brag queens

    • @DavidAndTheDog
      @DavidAndTheDog 4 года назад +2

      Joe Roach yeah, I guess you missed ‘more often than not”.

    • @EndingCutlery
      @EndingCutlery 4 года назад

      @@DavidAndTheDog um no?

    • @enough3849
      @enough3849 4 года назад

      I know. But he was talking about DRAG KING, that was the word,

  • @mermanfiasco
    @mermanfiasco 4 года назад +48

    Yaasss Roberta Elizabeth The Drag Queen

  • @bzab0793
    @bzab0793 4 года назад +26

    I. LOVE. BOB. PERIODT!!!

  • @meimimiyasaki
    @meimimiyasaki 4 года назад +56

    Years and years after her win and she's still the most important RPDR winner of all times. The one who most contributes with the drag and LGBT+ community. Love Bob so much.

  • @garfreeek
    @garfreeek 4 года назад +20

    He's a pretty great teacher!

  • @daishasusoi8999
    @daishasusoi8999 4 года назад +40

    Yesssssss!! Articulated down to tha T honey...but hey it's Vanity fair so all is well. Wow such a blessing!! you are absolutely EVERYTHING
    Sir Bob "the Drag Queen"

  • @kelliwilson4899
    @kelliwilson4899 4 года назад +40

    Bob’s Drag Race!!

  • @HayGurlHay
    @HayGurlHay 4 года назад +62

    I thought squirrelfriends was when you kiki with people who also like nuts. lol

    • @JadeLeaf1980
      @JadeLeaf1980 4 года назад +8

      HayGurl Hay friends who hide their nuts 😉😁

  • @angelmidknight3119
    @angelmidknight3119 4 года назад +25

    The world is a mess and needs more videos with Bob

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 4 года назад +11

    Bob is as great a teacher as a drag queen. Love him and this💕

  • @danielperez08
    @danielperez08 4 года назад +85

    Bob, serving these cis heterosexual girls the T

  • @chloemazier1704
    @chloemazier1704 4 года назад +5

    " Eleganza Extravaganza.... It's something that is elegant and extravagant." Thanks Bob for your knowledge. 🥰

  • @justarandomwithfivecolorsi5048
    @justarandomwithfivecolorsi5048 4 года назад +10

    “I don’t know how squirrels communicate” has to be the best thing that I’ve heard today.

  • @chel91
    @chel91 4 года назад +2

    i think your explanation of drag is actually very important, i wish more people thought of drag like that

  • @TheChipmunkStew
    @TheChipmunkStew 4 года назад +3

    I've been needing this for a while

  • @YuliiShadows
    @YuliiShadows 4 года назад +2

    THIS IS THE SLANG LESSON I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL ALONG!!!!

  • @kyliessave8454
    @kyliessave8454 4 года назад +22

    Bob should be the host of RPDR if Asia isn't up for it.

  • @florindalucero3236
    @florindalucero3236 4 года назад +26

    And now I realize with horror that all those Instafluence-tubers are wholesale lifting and co-opting drag language. Just when I thought they couldn't get any worse.

    • @phoebe.aur0ra
      @phoebe.aur0ra 3 года назад +2

      Funnily enough a lot of cis drag queens have co-opted trans women's language. Tea and clocked (which is offensive) were not for the cis. And if anything DO NOT say clocked, especially to trans women

  • @jewels8942
    @jewels8942 4 года назад

    SO appreciate the distinction made between drag/queens/kings at the end of the video. I’ve been a lover of all things drag for years and still get confused sometimes.

  • @rachelescobar906
    @rachelescobar906 4 года назад +119

    Can't wait for all the Karens to use Drag lingo "hunty"

    • @cortaditas
      @cortaditas 4 года назад +11

      ok rachel

    • @azlxns
      @azlxns 4 года назад +4

      don't they already rachel

    • @liyaozsoyler
      @liyaozsoyler 4 года назад +2

      We will always have ''Henny''

    • @np1472
      @np1472 4 года назад

      Classic Rachel

  • @shiroi201
    @shiroi201 4 года назад +1

    That was one of if not the best explanation vid of drag lingo ever!! There was enough fun to it so people who are already in this world have a good time watching and people who aren't can learn something! Amazing job bob😁🙌🙌

  • @addieb1314
    @addieb1314 4 года назад +43

    My only change: “squirrel friends”
    Ya friends who like nuts okay

  • @terryttt55
    @terryttt55 4 года назад

    I know all of these but the way Bob explains these is just too well done. Teacher realness the house down boots!!!

  • @jadelee6555
    @jadelee6555 4 года назад +4

    Drag slang: "Oh the fracking?"
    *screeching ensues*

  • @ashdenxd
    @ashdenxd 4 года назад +4

    Living for Bob explaining afab drag queens rather than just kings

  • @BexBurton
    @BexBurton 4 года назад +9

    Bless you Bob the Drag Queen!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @taylorwiseman8078
    @taylorwiseman8078 4 года назад +6

    0:10 The Queen's English. That is perfect. Please someone have Ru Paul (I think I spelled that right) say this.

  • @niecithomas8130
    @niecithomas8130 4 года назад +1

    I adore Bob. I would listen to them talk allllllll day.

  • @1NYCHombre
    @1NYCHombre 4 года назад

    Bob always brings it! Love her for educating the mainstream. Everybodee sae LUV!

  • @mb-bc9qs
    @mb-bc9qs 4 года назад +1

    I love how inclusive he made "Bodyodyody" 5:31

  • @AntoinneBarnes
    @AntoinneBarnes 2 года назад

    Bob, better be absolutely fantastic and on point!!! articulate engaging funny and clearly a subject expert!!! Love it!!!

  • @ff1986ff
    @ff1986ff 4 года назад +5

    This gave me lifeee! Love it

  • @dg1640
    @dg1640 4 года назад +3

    this video should be titled “FOR THE STRAIGHTS”

  • @BreNewby
    @BreNewby 4 года назад

    This was honestly so informative, I appreciate it. Bob deserves the world and they're TAKING IT. 👏🏻

  • @ricardofuentesgutierrez1442
    @ricardofuentesgutierrez1442 4 года назад +21

    Bob hablando español me dio vida.

  • @bestekamali1416
    @bestekamali1416 4 года назад +1

    Lexicographer Bob is giving me life

  • @Symonless
    @Symonless 4 года назад +16

    I prefer the version of Squirrel Friends as "friends who like to hide their nuts" = tucked queens :)

  • @_lizbeths_
    @_lizbeths_ 4 года назад

    Yes,I love how knowledgeable Bob is!

  • @thekaerichtexas
    @thekaerichtexas 4 года назад +3

    Bob is the best drag queen. ever. He makes it so simple for the newbies. Its like he is the official websters dictionary. Clear simple perfect definitions. Bob is so technical, I dont think he's ever been wrong on anything. Whereas monet is always wrong😂

  • @SuperMobile66
    @SuperMobile66 4 года назад +1

    Walk in the club purse first 👜 YASSS

  • @DreamsInWild
    @DreamsInWild 4 года назад +1

    "The Queen's English" LOL I love that 😂

  • @GoRicky15
    @GoRicky15 4 года назад

    The little squeak in Bobs voice is literally the cutest thing

  • @genesysskye4899
    @genesysskye4899 4 года назад +7

    I know all of these but I’m just hear for bob and to know more in-depth drag slang 😂

  • @roltthehunter
    @roltthehunter 4 года назад +38

    Am I tripping? or are those glasses glassless.

    • @AndrewMacLaine
      @AndrewMacLaine 4 года назад +5

      They are. It's something that a lot of drag queens use to disguise that they have shaved eyebrows.

  • @nicholeeliseo4420
    @nicholeeliseo4420 4 года назад +1

    bob looks stoned afffffff but not mad

  • @weirdone925
    @weirdone925 4 года назад

    I just love hearing Bob talk

  • @LaVonDesigns
    @LaVonDesigns 4 года назад +5

    I looooooooove Bob. She’s so witty and black af!!!! ✊🏾

  • @Maduc
    @Maduc 4 года назад

    This is the most history and culture educating drag slang video I've seen on YT. Bob is a gem.

  • @blinkybli8326
    @blinkybli8326 4 года назад

    Squirrels DO chitter-chatter together. Love you Bob...PURSE FIRST!!!!!!

  • @kateashleyllave5192
    @kateashleyllave5192 4 года назад

    i just love hearing bob talk

  • @Trilingualeks
    @Trilingualeks 4 года назад +10

    I actually learned something here (and I'm quite unfamiliar with this culture)...the fact that 'drag' isn't just the act of blurring gender lines in your appearance, but there has to be an element of art/performance to it. In which case, I would ask what is it called if you're just doing the appearance part, without the art? Is that just cross-dressing then? Apologies for the ignorance, but I'm trying to learn :) Also, much 💖💖💖 to Bob!!!

  • @TheGooglyminotaur
    @TheGooglyminotaur 4 года назад +1

    Walk into the club purse first! Bam! Walk into the club purse first! Bam!

  • @HollyQualia
    @HollyQualia 4 года назад +3

    Professor Bob educating the children, as per usual

  • @memphistomlin1833
    @memphistomlin1833 4 года назад

    Thank you! A few of these I hadn’t figured out

  • @detonationlurks
    @detonationlurks 4 года назад +5

    Queen serving an education.

  • @bakedmilk
    @bakedmilk 4 года назад

    when you knew all these already, but just came to listen to Bob. could listen to her all day!

  • @fernandoescobar5651
    @fernandoescobar5651 4 года назад +2

    Yass Bob educate the children!

  • @sashajarvis3852
    @sashajarvis3852 4 года назад

    love that bob discusses women in drag at the end 🖤

  • @globalcitizen8182
    @globalcitizen8182 4 года назад +3

    Yes Bob break it down!!! Love you 😍