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out
verb- to disclose another person’s homosexuality US, 1990
Usually done to a public figure, and most commonly to one who is publicly anti-homosexual, such as J. Edgar Hoover or the cadre of gay men who surrounded Lt Col. Oliver North in the Reagan White House. - He’s petrified he’ll be outed if this becomes an issue. — Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon, p. 216, 1992
- Meanwhile, Kia’s lover, Evy (Migdalia Melendez), is outed by her ex-husband[.] — Vogue, p. 91, June 1994
- The term’s coinage was prompted by Michelangelo Signorile’s (b. 1960) “The Secret Gay Life of Malcom Forbes,” a March 1990 Outweek story which appeared one month after the millionaire’s death. — Steven Daly and Nalthaniel Wice, alt.culture, p. 175, 1995
- — Jeff Fessler, When Drag Is Not a Car Race, p. 39, 1997
- The lavender fascist practice of forcing gay celebrities and public figures out into the open. This “outing” usually takes the form of magazine articles with fly-poster campaigns. — Alon Shulman, The Style Bible, p. 182, 1999
- McConnell, I’m gonna out your ass in two seconds if you don’t tell me where she is. — Cruel Intentions, 1999
- to suspend or ban a player or competitor AUSTRALIA, 1962
- Their verdict was that it had not been allowed to run on its merits, and Corteen was “outed” for a year. — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 18, 1966
- [He] warned him off all courses during the Stewards’ pleasure, while Jack, and automatically his horse, were outed for twelve months. — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 108, 1982
▶ out someone’s light
to kill someone TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
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