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gayhood

gayhood noun: the state, condition, or quality of being gay; gayness.

Noun

gayhood (uncountable)

  1. The state, condition, or quality of being gay; gayness.
    • For some men, the leap into gayhood was the best thing that ever happened to their lives. For others, they've leaped into a whirlpool of pain, anguish, sorrow and despair.2001, Alexis Rodriguez, Queer Journey
    • In response, homosexuals have drafted a policy that could ban priests from the gayhood.2004, Baratunde Rafig Thurston, Better Than Crying

Examples of gayhood in a sentence

  • That was more than twenty years ago, but by his writing (not only his shoes), Bruce is still the epitome of cool, dangerous gayhood.2007, Bruce Benderson, Sex and Isolation:
  • [...] I'm now looking to the '70s to help me start disentangling the overly enmeshed states of gayhood and gay couplehood and to stop thinking of them as one and the same.2009, Steven Bereznai, Gay and Single... Forever?:

Origin of gayhood

From gay + -hood.

Questions about gayhood

What does gayhood mean?
Gayhood means the state, condition, or quality of being gay; gayness.
How do you use gayhood in a sentence?
That was more than twenty years ago, but by his writing (not only his shoes), Bruce is still the epitome of cool, dangerous gayhood.
What part of speech is gayhood?
Gayhood is a noun.

Words near gayhood in the dictionary

  1. Gaygler
  2. Gayglers
  3. Gayhart
  4. Gayharts
  5. Gayheart
  6. gayhood
  7. gayification
  8. gayified
  9. gayifies
  10. gayify
  11. gayifying

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