cutting out of the closet

the act of confessing that one is emo

1: dude, john was cutting out of the closet to me in class

2: so, he's emo, then!

by 81halohunter February 19, 2011

Coming out of The Closet

Coming out of the Closet is what you do when you want to identify yourself as homie-sexual

John was coming out of the closet! I cant believe he's homie-sexual!

by Awesoken June 17, 2020

Came out of the closet

Coming out of the closet

When a gay, trans or in any way queer person tells someone their identity, or declares it in front of a bigger audience.

Person 1: "You have an amazing fashion sense!"
Person 2: "Thank you! I just came out of the closet this morning."

by garbage child November 20, 2021

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

first day out of the closet

The gay version remix of the popular song by Tee Grizzley "First Day Out" made by an artist called Kusorare.

first day out of the closet is fire. it be better than the original!

by CookieBeans February 18, 2024

tearing the carpet out of the closet

When a queer woman performs oral sex on a straight girl.

I wish I could go on dates with women who know they're into women. Until then I guess I'm just stuck tearing the carpet out of the closet.

by Carpe_Panton March 18, 2017

Theory of the Elite Out of the Closet

This theory posits that ruling-class ideology operates in cycles. During periods of stability, the elite maintain hegemony by framing their interests as universal (e.g., "a rising tide lifts all boats"). However, during times of crisis or perceived threat to their power, this narrative collapses, and they enter a phase of "open elitism." In this phase, they abandon universalist language and explicitly argue for policies that create a two-tiered society—luxury for themselves and austerity for everyone else. The "out of the closet" metaphor is apt because it signifies a shift from implicit, structural bias to explicit, rhetorical class warfare from above.

"The Theory of the Elite Out of the Closet explains why we're suddenly hearing arguments for 'golden visas' for the rich while social safety nets are being slashed. It's not a contradiction; it's the elite dropping the pretense of a shared society."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026