gaybait

gaybait noun: a man who is attractive to other gay men.

Noun

gaybait (uncountable)

gaybait (third-person singular simple present gaybaits, present participle gaybaiting, simple past and past participle gaybaited)

(intransitive, slang, transitive) To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined homosexuality.
- 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."1990 December 16, David Morris, “Judge Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 15
- 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.2004 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World
(slang, transitive) To seduce a heterosexual person into homosexual relations.
(slang, transitive) To queerbait.

third-person singular present	gaybaits
present participle	gaybaiting
past participle	gaybaited
past	gaybaited

From gay + bait (“something that allures”).

From gay + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

What does gaybait mean?: Gaybait means a man who is attractive to other gay men.
What part of speech is gaybait?: Gaybait can be a noun or a verb.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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