HoYay

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English

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Etymology

From a contraction of "homoeroticism, yay!", after a thread so named on the forum Television Without Pity.

Noun

HoYay (uncountable)

  1. (fandom slang) Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc.
    • 2001 June 28, Mike Zeares, “Re: New writer joins BUFFY staff”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎ (Usenet):
      This should really help the HoYay! quotient on BtVS, which was largely lacking in S5, Willow and Tara notwithstanding (it's not as much fun if it's *text*).
    • 2002 January 26, Shadowy Moon , “Re: Religious groups praise "Lord Of The Rings"”, in alt.gossip.celebrities‎ (Usenet):
      Tangentially, speaking of HoYay! movies, the local movie reviewer here said about "The Count of Monte Cristo" that he's seen less homoerotic subtext in a Village People video.
    • 2008, Melanie E. S. Kohnen, “The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom”, in Sharon Marie Ross, Louisa Ellen Stein, editors, Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages 214–215:
      Considering fans' previous seemingly blanket endorsement of everything queer, one has to ask why HoYay! fans don't favor the queer Lex/Lana/Clark triangle.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:HoYay.

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References

  1. ^ Christy Carlson, "IS this because I'm Intertextual: Law and Order, Special Victims Unit, and Queer Internet Fan Production", in Queer Online: Media Technology & Sexuality (Kate O'Riordan & David J. Phillips), →ISBN, Peter Lang (2007), page 182
  2. ^ Allison McCracken, "At stake: Angel's Body, Fantasy Masculinity, and Queer Desire in Teen Television", in Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (eds. Elana Levine & Lisa Ann Parks), Duke University Press (2007), →ISBN, page 138
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