A glory hole is sexual slang for a slot in a wall in which a man inserts his penis for sexual stimulation by someone on the other side. Other 19th-century uses include small compartments on ships and other small rooms along with some still-current specialized uses in glass-blowing, engineering, and mining. Sometimes used also for a mere peep-hole. In the mids, glory holes were so cut into bathroom stalls in order to facilitate homosexual liaisons.

Back in June, everyone was talking about glory holes for a bit. Thus, having sex through a hole in the wall was declared the sex act of summer , ushering in at least a week of memes and glory hole jokes. But according to Slate , the great glory hole renaissance of was more than an internet meme. All summer it seems, people have actually been turning to glory holes as a safer alternative for pandemic hookups. In the meantime, it seems glory holes are enjoying a real-life, pandemic-era renaissance, not unlike fellow throwback phone sex.

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