Do you use the expression kiki?

May 2024 · 3 minute read

I heard Eboni saying it on RHofNY (I know, lame source) and didn't know what she was talking about so I looked it up. Dictionary.com Slang says:

"A kiki is a social gathering, usually for the purpose of casually “kicking back,” gossiping, and sharing stories. It is historically connected to LGBTQ communities. Alternatively, kiki is also the name of a ballroom drag subculture that celebrates gender nonconformity, racial diversity, and sexual openness."

Have you heard it and do you use it?

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by Anonymousreply 22July 26, 2021 7:56 PM

The only time I've ever heard the term kiki used was here when people were talking about used furniture magnate Kirker.

by Anonymousreply 1July 26, 2021 6:48 PM

The Scissor Sisters did a song about it, I think? And then Sarah Jessica Parker "sang" the song on Glee. I think that may have been the last episode I ever watched.

by Anonymousreply 2July 26, 2021 6:51 PM

It's the trans version of KKK.

by Anonymousreply 3July 26, 2021 6:55 PM

Andy Cohen uses it all the time and now has a channel on Sirius called “Andy Cohen’s Kiki lounge”

by Anonymousreply 4July 26, 2021 6:57 PM

When I was little having a Kiki meant going tinkle.

by Anonymousreply 5July 26, 2021 6:58 PM

Yes, I’ve heard of it thanks to the 2012 Scissor Sisters song that R2 referenced.

Nope, don’t use it.

by Anonymousreply 6July 26, 2021 7:02 PM

Kiki is going to the toilet.

by Anonymousreply 7July 26, 2021 7:17 PM

The last time I heard the word was probably in the 1990s when I saw Paris is Burning, I didn't know it had a resurgence.

by Anonymousreply 8July 26, 2021 7:20 PM

Many of the queens of Drag Race use it. Or used to. The show's been on forever now.

by Anonymousreply 9July 26, 2021 7:22 PM

As a late 90’s clubkid, we used it in mixed company to allude to taking drugs while out- like a bump of K or E and “carrying on” while high. Sometime during the aughts the term became more mainstream and diluted.

“Gurl, she was on a mad kiki last night”.

by Anonymousreply 10July 26, 2021 7:24 PM

No, I'm not a 60 year-old drag queen

by Anonymousreply 11July 26, 2021 7:24 PM

I[quote]When I was little having a Kiki meant going tinkle.

That's a KiWiWi

by Anonymousreply 12July 26, 2021 7:26 PM

It’s a pet’s name or something. Who the F says Kiki?

by Anonymousreply 13July 26, 2021 7:30 PM

Only in this context, OP:

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by Anonymousreply 14July 26, 2021 7:32 PM

Old lady joins the cast of Glee for a Kiki and DL's favorite holiday song.

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by Anonymousreply 15July 26, 2021 7:32 PM

Never heard it used ever.

by Anonymousreply 16July 26, 2021 7:34 PM

I tried it on the NY Times’ s Spelling Bee.

It was REJECTED.

I complained.

by Anonymousreply 17July 26, 2021 7:36 PM

OMG I feel so old and fogeyish. I like the concept of what it is but it sounds so silly to say.

by Anonymousreply 18July 26, 2021 7:39 PM

This was my introduction to 'kiki':

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by Anonymousreply 20July 26, 2021 7:45 PM

The Real Housewives of Potomac seem to use the phrase "having a kiki moment" to mean giggling with friends, usually while making fun of something or someone.

by Anonymousreply 21July 26, 2021 7:51 PM

I am PISSED Eboni on RHONY is casually throwing around one of OUR words. Get it out of your mouth girl.

by Anonymousreply 22July 26, 2021 7:56 PM

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