Greywashing

Turning characters with grey skin, or fur into different skin colors.

Roxy is grey, and this person playing as her is not, so they're greywashing Roxy!

by Cubeuser January 4, 2022

greenwashing

when companies pretend to be environmentally friendly when in fact they are not.

Both are examples of "greenwashing".

- planting a tree to clear your conscience of your new carbon emitting SUV purchase.

- Kyoto accord, the theory of emissions credits, where a country may go over their limit, but instead of dealing with the issue they just buy the unused credits off of a country that has not used all of theirs.

by Pete @ Humber October 2, 2007

gaywashing

Similar to greenwashing, the act of adding something to your product, advertisement or TV show to make it gay to make sure you're being politically correct.

The new Token in TV shows is having a gay character or couple, even if the actor is clearly hetrosexual. "Every sitcom I watch has been practicing gaywashing. if they don't have a gay sub-plot, they're just not PC, so they have to add one."

by King Kamehameha October 23, 2012

Gaywashing

Making cannonically straight characters into gay or lesbian these ships are mostly forced and don't go well
Mostly done by lgbt+ community under the pretext of "there's not enough gay/lesbian ships so they have to force them"

Have u seen there's a lot of gay ships for that straight character
They really like their Gaywashing
I know they really look forced

by Arthur Pendragon of England September 8, 2019

greedwashing

An attempt disguise corporate greed by promoting a company's charitable contributions, said especially of large financial corporations; a public relations strategy aimed at defusing public anger over wanton corporate greed by putting a superficial positive or redeeming social face on the corporation through advertisement of the corporation's charitable contributions.

Goldman Sachs, who accepted $12.9 billion in taxpayer bailout funds in 2008-2009, was getting ready to give its employees bonuses estimated to be worth around $595,000 per employee, but first the company's press team considered a greedwashing program to defray public anger at the firm over the massive bonuses: requiring its top employees to donate a small percentage of their pay to charity each year. Can you feel the love?

by afoxland January 11, 2010

Gaywashing

Businesses and corporations coming out of the closet to cash in on World Pride.

Look at that business Gaywashing, displaying its LGBTQIA+ signs, stickers and flags.

by cfsSydney February 12, 2023

Greenwashing

Taking superficial, PR actions to make your company or organization appealing to people concerned about the environment.

BP's greenwashing campaign to appeal to the climate change crowd has caught up with them.

by TartanMarine June 26, 2010