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Gay panic meaning slang

gay panicnoun

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun gay panic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is used in North American English.

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The earliest known employ of the noun gay panic is in the 1980s.

OED's earliest evidence for gay panic is from 1983, in Gay Scene (New York).

Nearby entries

  1. gay lib, n.1969–
  2. gay liberation, n.1969–
  3. Gay Liberation Front, n.1969–
  4. gay liberationist, n.1970–
  5. gaylord, n.1976–
  6. Gay-Lussac, n.1827–
  7. gaylussite, n.1826–
  8. gay marriage, n.1957–
  9. gayness, n.c1400–
  10. Gay Nineties, n.1923–
  11. gay panic, n.1983–
  12. Gay-Pay-Oo, n.1923–
  13. gay plague, n.1982–
  14. gay power, n.1966–
  15. gay movement, n.1969–
  16. gay rape, n.1974–
  17. gay rights, n.1970–
  18. gay scene, n.1963–
  19. gay sex, n.1967–
  20. Gaysoc, n.1976–
  21. gaysome, adj.1598–
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homophobia

ho·mo·pho·bi·a

(hō'mō-fō'bē-ă),

Irrational fear of gay feelings, thoughts, behaviors, or people.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Haemophobia

Morbid fear of blood.

Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

homophobia

Psychology An irrationally negative attitude toward those with homosexual orientation, or toward becoming homosexual. See Closet, Gay-bashing, Heterosexism. Cf Gay, Queer, Phobia.

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

ho·mo·pho·bi·a

(hō'mŏ-fō'bē-ă)

Irrational fear of lesbian feelings, thoughts, behaviors, or people.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

homophobia

A slang term sense fear of homosexuality.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

gaylordnoun

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun gaylord. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is used in British English.

gaylord is considered derogatory.

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The earliest known use of the noun gaylord is in the 1970s.

OED's earliest evidence for gaylord is from 1976, in the writing of ‘William Trevor’, novelist (real name William Trevor Cox).

gaylord is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons:gayadj., lordn.

Nearby entries

  1. Gay Gordons, n.1823–
  2. gay horse, n.1483
  3. gay-humoured | gay-humored, adj.1668–
  4. gay icon, n.1977–
  5. gayish, adj.1612–
  6. gaylede, n.a1450
  7. gay lib, n.1969–
  8. gay liberation, n.1969–
  9. Gay Liberation Front, n.1969–
  10. gay liberationist, n.1970–
  11. gaylord, n.1976–
  12. Gay-Lussac, n.1827–
  13. gaylussite, n.1826–
  14. gay marriage, n.1957–
  15. gayness, n.c1400–
  16. Gay Nineties, n.1923–
  17. gay panic, n.1983&nda

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