gay marry en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from gay marriage.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, transitive) To marry (a person of the same sex).
Heartache schmartache, I don't want to gay-marry you, oh sizzling Sapphite.
2009, anonymous author, Missed Connection with Every Lesbian Girl I've Ever Swooned Over - m4w:
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(intransitive) To marry a person of the same sex.
First, sex doesn't hover cutely over the ceremony, because everyone assumes gay-marrying types are the least-sexual gay people.
2004, Greg Wharton, Ian Philips, I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage, page 219:
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(transitive) To unite in a gay marriage; to unite in marriage to someone of the same sex.
Schwarzenegger Basically Admits He's A Democrat Clearly the governor is angling for an administration job, which he'll accept once he's finished gay marrying the entire state of California.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gay marries | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gay marrying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gay married | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gay married | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gay-marry | alternative | lexicographic |