Example gAy

An occurrence--usually something that someone says or does--that perfectly exhibits their closeted homosexuality. A pun on 'Example A'.

Example 1:
Person 1: Jerry is totally into Brad. I can just tell.
Person 2: What? Jerry's straight.
Person 1: Jerry is gay.
Person 2: No he isn't!
Person 1: Example gAy: He wore leopard-print skinny jeans yesterday.

Example 2:

I don't understand how Paul's mom still hasn't realized he likes guys. Example gAy: he teaches an 'Urban Tango' class at the learning center on Fridays.

by cynincaloptimist September 1, 2013

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gay as paint

Gay as Paint is a bygone term that originally was used to describe something that had been painted in bright vivid colors (when gay meant bright, vivacious and sparkling before its association with homosexuals). Thus, to be gay as paint meant something was as "gay (bright) as paint...made it possible"

Jacqueline Onassis has been quoted using that term to describe Truman Capote. In a conversation she had with Joan Kennedy, the latter asked if Capote was gay... Jackie replied, "He's so gay, he's gay as paint." By then the term had morphed to describe flamboyant homosexuals in a tongue-in-cheek nod to the reframing of gay as a homosexual term.

"He's so gay, he is gay as paint."

by Albolene November 24, 2013

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