Gayling

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young or immature gay (homosexual) person.

    "They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans. They'll wheel the old queen out."

Synonyms

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baby gay

Example

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"They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans. They'll wheel the old queen out."

Etymology

From gay + -ling.

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