Hoyay

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc. slang, uncountable

    "This should really help the HoYay! quotient on BtVS, which was largely lacking in S5, Willow and Tara notwithstanding (it's not as much fun if it's *text*)."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of HoYay. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Example

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"This should really help the HoYay! quotient on BtVS, which was largely lacking in S5, Willow and Tara notwithstanding (it's not as much fun if it's *text*)."

Etymology

From a contraction of "homoeroticism, yay!", after a thread so named on the forum Television Without Pity.

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television show

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