Usurping the traditional term GAY to take the homosexual meaning out and leaving in the lame.

a derivation of gay meaning lame. meant to be non-offensive to individuals of a homosexual persuasion.

"ghey" is an insult or used in place of "lame" or "suckish" or any number of similar words. it is used mostly because "gay" used to be an insult, but now being a more tolerable thing, "ghey" is it's own thing, not meaning to insult gay lesbian bi or trans-gender people, but to point out that something or someone is "lame" or "boring" or something of that sort.

It means the same as "gay." This term began as a way to get around videogame servers and other profanity filters. Gay is blocked, but "ghey" is just fine.

postmodern redevelopment of the word "gay" - it now implies all the formerly offensive stereotypes of uselessness / weakness then associated with effeminate homosexual men in 1970's sitcoms, whilst carrying with it no actual implied sexuality connotations.

a way to take the guilt out of offending homosexuals by calling something unfavorable gay.

since verbally, the new spelling is virtually unnoticeable, this rationale is rendered a waste of time, but as mentioned, it serves its purpose in the mind of the homophobe-in-denial.

An alternative way to type gay. It has, after all, the same pronounciation. Commonly found wherever "l33tsp33kers" are found as an attempt to replace gay with something else.

Note that this word was used in "Retarded Animal Babies #10" on www.newgrounds.com