gloryhole

Reheating chamber opening

A gloryhole is a hole in a partition—typically in a public restroom or sex club—through which anonymous sexual acts are performed, usually oral sex.

The term originated in glassblowing for the furnace opening used to reheat glass, and in mining for a funnel-shaped excavation.

The sexual sense emerged in the mid-20th century and now dominates common usage.

glassblowing

furnace

Enclosed heat-producing structure

gather · kiln · annealing · glasswork · lampwork · studio · artisan · craft · torch · crucible

mining

shaft

Narrow vertical passage

ore · pit · drill · vein · extraction · dig · mine · underground · portal · adit

hydraulics

spillway

Dam's water release structure

dam · funnel · vortex · outlet · discharge · water · cone · sinkhole · drainage

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sexual venue characteristics

gloryholeintimate setting

Small, personal environment

personal connection

MINING TERMINOLOGY (open pit excavation)

gloryholeunderground mine

Subsurface mineral extraction site

deep mining · adit

Family

glory, glories, glorious, gloriously, glorify, glorified, glorifying, glorification, inglorious

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated X