Employs a variety of meanings, all of which gravitate around themes of maintaining self, integrity, and youth. Used extensively in the straight edge doctrine of pure living to mean "stay free of drugs, alcohol, and other vices."

Derived from the last line of Robert Frost's acclaimed poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay".

Stay Gold : continue to be awesome at the world

A skateboarding Video by the shoe company Emerica. It was released September 1st 2010. It features Brandon Westgate, Kevin long, Jerry Hsu, Andrew Reynolds, and More. It has a few easter eggs. The easter eggs include heath kirchart's last video part ever and a barrier kult section. Barrier Kult is a group of skaters that only skate jersey barriers.

Be true, young, and pure.

Used in Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing gold can stay." as well as the book/movie, Outsiders when Johnny Cade tells Ponyboy to "Stay Gold"

This is also the title of BTS's Japanese single, Stay Gold.

The epitome of gay