An otter is a gay slang term for a man with a slim, muscular build and body hair. Learn about the origin, characteristics, and popularity of this term in the LGBTQ+ community.
An otter is a hairy, lean gay man. An otter is a subtype in the LGBTQ+ community that refers to someone who’s lean and skinny, like a twink, but hairy, like a bear.
Within the LGBT community, otter is a term to describe a type of gay man. Otters generally have a lot of body hair, much like bears, but are smaller in frame and/or weigh considerably less than bears.
An otter is a term for a gay man who is slim and has a lot of hair. a hairy twink. The only use of the term that I'm familiar with is as a term in gay male Bear subculture. Bears are large, often hairy men and otters are hairy but leaner/more athletic. mlm have a history of forming labels based on body type. Majority of our labels are purely that.