Cottaging vs. Cottager — What's the Difference?

Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage", "tea-room"), or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere. The term has its roots in self-contained English toilet blocks resembling small cottages in their appearance; in the English cant language of Polari this became a double entendre by gay men referring to sexual encounters.

One who resides in a cottage.

Sexual activity in a public lavatory, especially homosexual activity between men.

A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.

A seasonal activity involving a prolonged stay at one or more cottages; similar to visiting, but typically for a longer duration and at a seasonal home that one owns or rents.

One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.

One who lives in a cottage.

One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.

Someone who lives in a cottage