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A-gay

A-gay noun: an A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.

Noun

A-gay (plural A-gays)

  1. (slang) An A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.
    • The A-Gays could talk about whoever was tooting coke in the bathroom.
      The B-Gays, being largely decorative, were not expected to talk.1998, Armistead Maupin, More Tales of the City
    • The latter is long past its heyday of the 1950s and 1960s, while Marrakech continues to attract wealthy A-gays.2003, Justin McGuinness, Footprint Morocco http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=ldBtziUKLRIC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&sig=K8ZsVL04ipvY8FoPLVnUy0SFet4

Forms of A-gay

pluralA-gays

Origin of A-gay

Short for A-list gay.

Questions about A-gay

What does A-gay mean?
A-gay means an A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.
What part of speech is A-gay?
A-gay is a noun.
What is the plural of A-gay?
The plural of A-gay is A-gays.

Words near A-gay in the dictionary

  1. A-G
  2. A-game
  3. A-games
  4. A-gang
  5. A-gangs
  6. A-gay
  7. A-gays
  8. a-go-go
  9. a-go-gos
  10. A-GPS
  11. A-grade

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