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cruisy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹuːzi/

Etymology

From cruise + -y.

Meanings

1. (of music) Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
2. (of a piste) Leisurely.
3. (colloquial, of a place) Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men).
   • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cruisy gay area of Central Park twice.
   • Will Rogers State Beach is a cruisy gay beach, always lots of people and lots of fun. 2000, Access Press, Access Gay USA:
   • Jim, who's been coming here since 1954, misses some aspects of the old days. It is a busier, louder place now. "I could come here and read," he explains wistfully. "I could come here for a quiet drink." Now the press of people and the "cruisy" atmosphere make it impossible to read except in the afternoon and early evening. 1977 December 17, Tom Hurley, “The Evolution of Sporters”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 8:
4. (colloquial, of a person) Tending to cruise for sexual partners.
   • Most of the women who approached me were cruisy, butch numbers. 1979 April 7, Pat M. Kuras, “Advertising for Love”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
5. (New-Zealand) A laid back job, person, or place.

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