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fake and gay

adj

Etymology

From fake (“false”) + and + gay (“lame, uncool, stupid”); originating online in the early 2000s as a way to question a story's authenticity.

  1. derived from vagus
  2. derived from *ǵʰengʰ-✻
  3. derived from *ganhuz✻
  4. derived from *gāhi✻
  5. derived from jai
  6. derived from *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃✻
  7. derived from gai
  8. derived from gai
  9. inherited from gay

Definitions

  1. Obviously false, clearly inauthentic.

    • This show [Baldwin Hills] is so fake and gay. They are actors not reality.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fake and gay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA