What does gaybait mean?
Gaybait means (slang) A man who is attractive to other gay men..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(slang) A man who is attractive to other gay men..
Criticism of the sodomy law by successful gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards led to gay-baiting by her opponents, who claimed gay activists had named her an "honorary lesbian."
In addition to gay-baiting fascists and fascist-baiting homosexuals, currents of [Soviet] officialdom also used epithets of "effeminacy" and "effete" homosexuality to label elements of the old ruling class and to help build the image of the proletarian society and its soldiers as hypermasculine.
It’s possible, we suppose, that former Rep. Darrell Issa didn’t realize his TV ad attacking a GOP rival, Carl DeMaio, in the 50th Congressional District primary race could be seen as gay-baiting. The ad, ostensibly about DeMaio’s stance on immigration and President Trump, includes two gratuitous references to the fact that DeMaio is gay.
Use gaybait when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gaybait means (slang) A man who is attractive to other gay men..
Common synonyms include queerbait.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Criticism of the sodomy law by successful gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards led to gay-baiting by her opponents, who claimed gay activists had named her an "honorary lesbian."
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.