gay

(as) gay as a three-dollar bill

Overtly or flamboyantly homosexual. Offensive when used pejoratively.
See also: bill, gay

(as) gay as pink ink

Overtly or flamboyantly homosexual. Offensive when used pejoratively. I can't believe Sarah asked him out on a date—how can she not see that he's clearly as gay as pink ink? I've been gay as pink ink since I was a teenager, so it wasn't a surprise to my parents when I came out.
See also: gay, ink, pink

disaster gay

slang A gay person who is struggling in some area or areas of their life. Typically used as a humorous self-identifier. The term originated from a meme that references a 3x3 Dungeons and Dragons character alignment chart and allows one to identify as "gay," "bi," or "lesbian," and to categorize their ability as "distinguished," "functional," or "disaster." I just feel like everything in my life is falling apart right now. Textbook disaster gay. Oh, my sweet disaster gay. That guy is definitely hetero, do not hit on him.
See also: disaster, gay

gay up

1. slang To dress, decorate, or adorn someone or something in an overtly or stereotypically gay manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gay" and "up." Possibly offensive. My friends and I love getting gayed up for the Pride Parade each year. I wanted to get a big 5'x3' rainbow flag to help gay my apartment up a bit.
2. slang To add gay content to something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gay" and "up." Possibly offensive. I was pretty surprised they decided to gay up such a mainstream show by having the main character fall in love with another man.
3. offensive slang To cause someone to be or become gay. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gay" and "up." Kids are not going to get gayed up or anything just from reading a novel that features a gay character. Thank you for standing by me when I came out to my parents, even when they accused you of "gaying me up."
4. offensive slang To cause something to be or become weak, emasculate, or generally undesirable. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gay" and "up." This motorcycle forum used to be a place where a man could be a man. Now they've gayed it up with all this progressive stuff that I just can't stand.
See also: gay, up

just gay enough

potentially offensive Of a man, possessing a number of stereotypically homosexual qualities seen as attractive by women, while still being unambiguously heterosexual. I still want a man to be manly, but just gay enough that he can have a conversation about his emotions.
See also: enough, gay, just

with gay abandon

With rash, unrestrained impulsiveness, enthusiasm, or zeal. Ever since my brother got that car for his birthday, he's been motoring around at night with gay abandon. The insurgents set upon the town and began firing their weapons with gay abandon.
See also: abandon, gay
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

with gay aˈbandon

(old-fashioned) without thinking about the results or effects of a particular action: Although she was nervous at first, she was soon singing and dancing with gay abandon.
Gay here means ‘happy and without cares’.
See also: abandon, gay
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

(as) gay as pink ink

mod. having to do with an obviously homosexual person, usually a male. These two guys—as gay as pink ink—came in together.
See also: gay, ink, pink

gay as pink ink

verb
See as gay as pink ink
See also: gay, ink, pink
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • (as) gay as a three-dollar bill
  • (as) gay as pink ink
  • as gay as pink ink
  • gay as pink ink
  • chutney
  • dikey
  • dykey
  • be on the warpath
  • be/go on the warpath
References in periodicals archive
Gays and lesbians are spending more and more time in hotel rooms--15 nights on average, according to the Gay.com/CMI survey--and we want to feel supported and empowered every time we settle up and check out.
(Beijing has a new homegrown gay tour company, Go Pink China, set to capitalize on the surge of gay travelers that visit during the next two years.)
Choose your own way gay adventure!: the Out Traveler's second annual survey of new escapes, bright ideas, and hot global happenings will keep your gay travel agenda crammed to capacity
While Robinson's book is highly recommended reading for those interested in the development of the gay movement, my only criticism of it is his conclusion.
Paul Robinson, Queer Wars: The New Gay Right and Its Critics
State legislatures are now pushing to erect a variety of legal barriers to gay couples seeking to raise kids.
* The Gay Baby Boom: Extrapolating from 2000 census data, Urban Institute demographer Gary Gates conservatively estimates there are at least a quarter million children living in households headed by same-sex couples; 4.2 percent are either adopted or foster children, almost double the figure for heterosexual couples.
All happy families: the looming battle over gay parenting
Q TV, launched in late 2004, proudly self-identifies as "a gay lifestyle" channel for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, and the curious.
Its February launch date was postponed to late June for programming reasons and because LOGO experienced difficulties getting into some markets: a.k.a., "A gay cable channel?
I want my Gay TV
In the past several years, the emergence of an identifiable lesbian and gay culture in most medium-to-large metropolitan areas in the United States has dispelled the long-held negative stereotypes of gay men as effeminate and lesbian women as overly masculine (Barret & Logan, 2001; Pope, 1995c; Pope & Barret, 2002).
Culturally appropriate career counseling with gay and lesbian clients
In the '90s, many LGBT of all colors claim, the gay movement went mainstream and became the mouthpiece for wealthy white gay men.
Gaily ever after: is gay marriage the new civil rights struggle or has it co-opted a legacy?
They had no inkling Jim was gay and no idea how to deal with homosexuality within the context of their faith.
"Mom, dad, I'm gay": the news of a son's or daughter's homosexuality brings with it many challenges. Some parents move through the tears and isolation into helping the church do a better job of welcoming their children
Today, black gays and lesbians embrace Langston Hughes as part of their community, although biographer Arnold Rampersad and members of the Hughes family deny that he was gay.
Out, no doubt: today's black gay and lesbian poets proudly proclaim their identities and show their varying talents to an increasingly receptive public. (poetic license)
According to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), estimates of the total number of children with at least one gay or lesbian parent range from six million to fourteen million.
Partners as parents: challenges faced by gays denied marriage
In Jason Berry's book Lead Us Not into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the SexualAbuse of Children (1992), as the proportion of homosexuals increased dramatically many gay priests were visiting the seminary "on the make," frequenting gay bars, and "befriending" high school students.
"Gay" priests and "gay" marriage
Nearly all of the respondents (98.5%) indicated that they had met someone who was gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and over half (56.6%) of those individuals considered that person to be a friend.
Corporate attitudes towards gays and lesbians in the workplace
Stein's book is then a history of "both everyday resistance and organised movement politics" in gay and lesbian Philadelphia between 1945 and 1972.
City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves: Lesbian and Gay Philadelphia, 1945-1972. (Reviews)