fake and gay

adjective

Obviously false, clearly inauthentic.

Opposite
real and straight
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Meanings

adjectivefake and gay (comparative more fake and gay, superlative most fake and gay)

comparative more fake and gay · superlative most fake and gay

  1. Internetderogatory4chan slangObviously false, clearly inauthentic.

    This show [Baldwin Hills] is so fake and gay. They are actors not reality.

    2010, Darnell M. Hunt, quoting ‘kris120379’, “Introduction”, in Darnell M. Hunt, Ana-Christina Ramón, editors, Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities, page 16

    Antonyms: real and straight

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveObviously false, clearly inauthentic.

Opposite
real and straight

Origin

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

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Chicago

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