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gayface

gayface noun: an obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.

Noun

gayface (usually uncountable, plural gayfaces)

  1. (slang, usually) An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.
    • he has gayface
    • 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.Details, Volume 27, Issues 7-9
    Antonyms:
    straightface
  2. (slang, usually) The practice in which a straight person portrays a caricature of a gay person.
    • in gayface

Antonyms of gayface

Forms of gayface

pluralgayfaces

Origin of gayface

From gay + face.

Questions about gayface

What does gayface mean?
Gayface means an obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.
What part of speech is gayface?
Gayface is a noun.
What is the plural of gayface?
The plural of gayface is gayfaces.

Words near gayface in the dictionary

  1. gayer
  2. gayers
  3. gayest
  4. gayeties
  5. gayety
  6. gayface
  7. gayfaces
  8. gayfag
  9. gayfags
  10. gayfeather
  11. gayfeathers

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