HoYay en · NOUN
Etymology
From a contraction of "homoeroticism, yay!", after a thread so named on the forum Television Without Pity.
Meanings
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(slang, uncountable) Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc.
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.
2002 January 26, Shadowy Moon [username], “Re: Religious groups praise "Lord Of The Rings"”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (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*).
2001 June 28, Mike Zeares, “Re: New writer joins BUFFY staff”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):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.
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:
Forms
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| hoyay | alternative | lexicographic | |
| HoYay! | alternative | lexicographic |