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gaybait

noun

Etymology

From gay + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to cleave, split, separate”
  2. derived from *baitō✻ — “that which is bitten, bait”
  3. derived from beita — “food, bait”
  4. inherited from bayte
  5. compounded as gaybait — “gay + bait”

Definitions

  1. A man who is attractive to other gay men.

  2. To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined homosexuality.

    • Criticism of the sodomy law by successful gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards led to gay-baiting by her opponents, who claimed gay activists had named her an "honorary lesbian."

  3. To seduce a heterosexual person into homosexual relations.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To queerbait.

The neighborhood

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