Elite Out of the Closet

A sociological term for the moment when a society's dominant class stops pretending to care about the common good and openly, brazenly advocates for policies designed to entrench their own privilege. It's the end of "trickle-down" rhetoric and the beginning of "let them eat cake" policy. The "coming out" isn't about revealing a hidden identity, but about publicly shedding the mask of shared prosperity and embracing naked classism. This phenomenon is often triggered when the gap between the elite's interests and the public welfare becomes too wide to plausibly bridge with traditional propaganda.

"Did you see that op-ed where a billionaire argued that taxing the rich is 'theft' while simultaneously pushing to cut school lunch funding? That's the Elite Out of the Closet. They're not even trying to hide their self-interest anymore; they're just flaunting it."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026

In the closet

a term used to describe a person of the LGBTQ+ community who has not told anyone of his/her sexual orientation

Mike post "stop being in the closet & just come out. It's okay to do so now."

by Shts&Giggles May 3, 2025

Open Door Closet

When your friend claims their straight but has sex with a transgender that identifies to the opposite gender of the friend

“ I thought he was straight. I can’t believe he had sex with a transgender woman.”

“ I guess he’s an Open Door Closet”

by Fantasic? Wait say that again September 2, 2025

open door closet

When someone identifies as straight but shows a genuine romantic and/or great personal interest in a transgender person who identifies as the opposite gender of that person.

“I thought he was straight. I can’t believe he’s dating a transgender woman.”
“I guess he’s an Open Door Closet.”

by Fantastic? 90210 October 15, 2025

cranking your closet

When a closeted person masturbates to LGBT pornography.

Quit cranking your closet and come out already

by itchygabe December 10, 2025

de havilland comet

The true grandfather of jet airliners. Sure it crashed a lot due to no knowledge about metal fatigue and material science but it paved the way forward for modern jets like the Airbus A350. Once it was figured out how metal fatigue works and addressed, comets dominated the sky.

The de havilland comet is the grandfather of all jet travel.

by iPhone=Airbus, Samsung=Boeing December 18, 2025

The Guilt is in the Closet Syndrome

When you buy an article of clothing that, at the time, you "must have" and then end up hanging it up in your closet with the tags still on it and never wearing it. This then results in whenever you look in your closet you feel guilty when you spot that piece of clothing, but yet you still don't want to wear it. One may feel guilt for a number of reasons anything from feeling as if you wasted your money on something you never wear to feeling like you have so much clothes and yet still feel like there is nothing to wear!

Mom-Honey, get dressed it is almost time for school.
Daughter-Mom I can't...
Mom-Look, it isn't that hard all you gotta do is open up you closet door and-
Daughter-No I really CAN'T!
Mom-Why not!?
Daughter-Because...I have the guilt is in the closet syndrome.
Mom-Ooh...I knew you'd never wear that shirt!

by nothing to wear September 22, 2009