Gayface

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females. rare, slang, uncountable, usually

    "he has gayface"

  2. 2
    The practice in which a straight person portrays a caricature of a gay person. rare, uncountable, usually

    "in gayface"

Example

More examples

"Not just because of his famously homoerotic sonnets but because Shakespeare seems to have had-let's be blunt here-a serious case of gayface."

Etymology

From gay + face.

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