Gaylor

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English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Gaylor (plural Gaylors)

  1. A surname.
    • 2015 June 17, Sam Roberts, “Anne Gaylor, 88, Dies; Guarded Wall Between Church and State”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 March 2023:
      Anne Nicol Gaylor, who transformed a local campaign for abortion rights into a national crusade to maintain the separation of church and state, died on June 14 at a hospice in Fitchburg, Wis., near Madison. She was 88.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaylor is the 9609th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3382 individuals. Gaylor is most common among White (81.43%) and Black/African American (12.6%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Blend of gay +‎ Taylor.

Proper noun

Gaylor

  1. (fandom slang) A fan theory that singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is secretly gay.
    Antonym: Hetlor
    • 2023 April 12, CT Jones, “Why Some Taylor Stans Are Ganging Up ON 'Gaylors': Report”, in Rolling Stone‎:
      Largely indifferent to the Gaylor debate, the insular group tweets predominately in Spanish and mainly shares content to connect Swift fans who speak their common language, rather than comment on ongoing issues between groups.
    • 2024, Kat McKenna, Look What You Made Me Do: The Ultimate Guide for Taylor Swift Fans!‎, unnumbered page:
      Gaylor theories have circulated for as long as the internet has had the time and capacity to analyse and speculate.
    • 2024, Yvonne M. Eadon, “'You Could Hear a Hair Pin Drop': Queer Utopianism and Informal Knowledge Production in the Gaylor Closeting Conspiracy Theory”, in Social Media + Society‎:
      Like most conspiracy theories, Gaylor is not monolithic.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Gaylor.
Derived terms

Noun

Gaylor (plural Gaylors)

  1. (fandom slang) Someone who believes in the Gaylor theory.
    Antonym: Hetlor
    Hyponym: Kaylor
    • 2024, Kat McKenna, Look What You Made Me Do: The Ultimate Guide for Taylor Swift Fans!‎, unnumbered page:
      The vast majority of Gaylors are respectful and having huge amounts of fun.
    • 2024, Lucy Britt, Brian Britt, “So Mother for That: Taylor Swift and Childless Mothering”, in Catherine M. Robb, Georgie Mills, William Irwin, editors, Taylor Swift and Philosophy: Essays from the Tortured Philosophers Department‎, unnumbered page:
      Gaylors have thus carved out space for a queered conception of mothering within the heteronormative constraints of Swiftdom.
    • 2025, Kelsey McKinney, You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip‎, unnumbered page:
      Gaylors, as these conspiracy theorists call themselves, are convinced that Swift's past friendships were actually romantic entanglements.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Gaylor.
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