Etymology

fake and gay

Today it means: Obviously false, clearly inauthentic. Full definition →

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The story

From fake (“false”) + and + gay (“lame, uncool, stupid”); originating online in the early 2000s as a way to question a story's authenticity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.