double-decker

See also: doubledecker

English

A double-decker bus.

Alternative forms

• doubledecker
• double decker

Etymology

From double +‎ deck +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

double-decker (plural double-deckers)

1. A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
2. A frigate with two decks above the waterline.
3. (figuratively) Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.
   1. A sandwich with three slices of bread, whose toppings are on both sides of the middle slice.
4. (journalism) A headline that is two lines long.
5. (India, LGBTQ slang) a man who both penetrates (top) and is penetrated (bottom) in sex with other men; sometimes also has relationships with women and/or presents masculine as well as feminine mannerisms and appearances.
   • 2011 December, Beena Thomas et al., “HIV in Indian MSM: Reasons for a concentrated epidemic & strategies for prevention”, in The Indian Journal of Medical Research‎^[1], volume 134, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, page 921:

     Indian MSM include self-identified gay men (Western acculturated), kothis (men who tend to be the receptive male partner in anal and oral sex and typically have more effeminate mannerisms), panthis (men who tend to be the insertive male partner in anal and oral sex), and double deckers (men who are both receptive and insertive partners). While MSM may self-identify as kothi, the terms panthi and double-decker are generally given by kothis to their male partners based on their sexual roles.

   • 2016 June 6, “Understanding LGBTQ+: An exhaustive explainer on gender and sexual identities”, in The News Minute‎^[2]:

     A double-decker is a term used for someone who functions as both. Double-deckers and Kothis have a high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases according to studies among different MSM sub-groups in the nation.

   • 2021 April, Steven A Safren et al., “Strengthening resilience to reduce HIV risk in Indian MSM: a multicity, randomised, clinical efficacy trial”, in The Lancet Global Health‎^[3], volume 9, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, page e448:

     Participants were either kothi (feminine acting, usually the receptive sexual partner) or double-decker (either insertive or receptive sexual partner; usually has male and female partners) at screening, and were required to speak English, Tamil (in Chennai), or Hindi (in Mumbai) fluently.

   Coordinate terms: (top) panthi, (bottom) kothi

   Synonyms: versatile, vers, switch

Hyponyms

• double-decker bus

Related terms

• double-deck (adjective)

Translations

bus with two decks

• Bulgarian: двуета́жен авто́бус m (dvuetážen avtóbus)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雙層巴士／双层巴士 (soeng¹ cang⁴ baa¹ si^6-2)

  Mandarin: 雙層公共汽車／双层公共汽车 (zh) (shuāngcéng gōnggòngqìchē), 雙層巴士／双层巴士 (zh) (shuāngcéng bāshì)

• Danish: dobbeltdækker
• Dutch: dubbeldekker (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kaksikerroksinen bussi (bus), kaksikerroksinen junanvaunu (railroad coach)
• French: bus à impériale (fr) m, autobus à impériale m
• German: Doppeldecker (de) m
• Japanese: ２階建車両 (にかいだてしゃりょう, nikai date sharyō), (bus) ２階建てバス (nikai date basu), ダブルデッカー (daburudekkā)
• Kazakh: қосқабатты автобус (qosqabatty avtobus)
• Korean: 2층 버스 (icheung beoseu)
• Malay: bas dua tingkat
• Mongolian: хоёр давхар автобус (xojor davxar avtobus)
• Polish: piętrus (pl) m, pojazd piętrowy m
• Portuguese: autocarro de dois andares m, ônibus de dois andares m
• Russian: двухэта́жный авто́бус m (dvuxɛtážnyj avtóbus), даблде́кер (ru) m (dabldɛ́ker)
• Spanish: autobús de dos pisos m
• Swedish: dubbeldäckare (sv) c
• Turkish: çift katlı otobüs

slang: taking both top and bottom roles during sex — see versatile

See also

• single-decker
• three-decker, triple-decker