Noun
1. A person attracted (usually exclusively) to people of the same
gender. (
LGBT)
2. An indescribable emotion that only
LGBT people experience. May or may not relate to their attraction to someome of the same gender, though usually it just means really happy with an undefined reason.
Adjective
1. A term used by
straight assholes to describe people or things they dislike.
— Used to describe something distasteful, overly flashy, or flamboyant. I think they mean
campy. They're not entirely wrong.
— Used to describe someone or something that is
foolish or
stupid.
Verb
1. To gay it up: To host or participate in a public
meeting of three or more
out LGBT people. Similar to what
straight people call "going out with
friends".
2. To gay a person or object up: To "give a
makeover" to someone or something with the intent of making them look more flashy or flamboyant, or to fit the
camp style popularized in the
80s.