fake and gay

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English

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. (4chan, Internet slang, derogatory) Obviously false, clearly inauthentic.
    • 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:
      This show [Baldwin Hills] is so fake and gay. They are actors not reality.