What is Down Low?
1.
when black males try to remain straight by having sex with other men then go home and sleep with their wives. Just ask
Keith: sup? yah I'm on the down low, nigga please.
other mod: ack! O.o
2.
To keep a homosexual lifestyle hidden from others.
My brother had been on down low for two years before his we found out he was gay.
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3.
Gay promiscuous
The AIDs rate is so high in the black community because so many African Americans are on the
down low .
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4.
To keep quite on something. To not tell people about something. To not divulge information to people that should not know about something. Keeping certain information limited to a certain group or between two people.
"Keep this shit on the down low for now."
5.
Usually it means to keep somthing quiet and to only tell people who are cool enough to know or trustworthy. This definition comes from the real meaning which is a black man/men who have sexual relations with other men but have relationships with women and hide the homosexuality and homo. sex.
yo man i gota tell ya somthin but u gota keep it on the Down Low
u see that guy over there...well hes one of those guys in that Down Low thing, they call it poker night
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6.
Refers to when closeted black men leading mostly heterosexual lives seek other men for sex that is often anonymus and unprotected
"I am a black man who likes other men, but because of the stigma in the black community about being gay, I will only have sex on the down low."
7.
Keeping quiet, not telling or acting out. In the gay community, black males who are tricking, looking for anal or oral sex.
Tyrone and Shi'Thead appeared like thugs on the street, but in the bedroom they experiemented with every hole they had. They kept it on the down low, though.
