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Gay Euphemism
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An issue related to homosexuality in the past has been to avoid directly using words such as "gay," "lesbian" and "homosexual." Common euphemisms have included "plays for the other team," "that way," and in some contexts "spinster"/"Old Maid" and "Confirmed Bachelor." This has been more of an issue in the past due to societal changes regarding the acceptance of homosexuality, but still does pop up from time to time in contemporary works. Tends to be especially prevalent in period pieces set before the 20th century and in fantasy settings; in the latter's case, it's implied that these words just don't exist, and in the former's case, it might be an attempt at realism since homosexuality was quite taboo until recently (if not downright illegal). Use of these can sometimes result in an Unintentional Period Piece, as works produced when such terms were taboo to say can show the work's age. Sometimes the euphemism is part of, or gives rise to, an extended metaphor used to delicately explain the person's sexuality to another (can edge into Metaphorgotten if the recipient isn't quite sure what's actually being discussed). A Sub-Trope of Unusual Euphemism. Relates to Never Say "Die" which is about avoiding direct references to death. See also Sexual Euphemism, Deadly Euphemism and Go to the Euphemism for other specific euphemisms. |
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Watchmen the relationship between Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolitan is referred euphemistically in Sally's letter to his husband, referring to "playing rough with boys" and the two "bickering like a married couple". | |
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Heralds of Valdemar does use the word "asexual" for Tarma, but when it comes to gay characters as a fantasy series it sometimes uses "fey" and sometimes slang that was introduced in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy - "shaych", a compressed Tayledras loanword. It's still pretty clear, to a Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp" degree, that these words actually refer to gay people, especially in the Herald-Mage trilogy as its hero Vanyel is gay and wrestles with it. After finding out that two of her female instructors are in love, Talia nods and says there are plenty of "special friends" among the Holderkin where she was born and raised. When mercenaries take merc lovers they call their partners "shieldmates", whereas platonic partners are "shieldbrothers" and "shieldsisters"; when Tarma explains this she's discussing a man who'd been reminiscing about a pretty, silly man he'd had and used that term. |
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Lil Nas X's "MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)" alludes to the romantic subject's gayness with the line "If Eve ain't in your garden". | |
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She Kills Monsters: When the in-game Tilly reveals that the real Tilly was gay, she phrases it thusly: | |
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In Runaways, Karolina is very obviously into her teammate Nico and later confessed to liking girls when the Skrull prince Xavin demanded her hand in marriage, but the series repeatedly refused to actually use the word "gay" to describe her orientation until Joss Whedon took over. Curiously, Brian K. Vaughan had no problems having Chase use the word "gay" as a pejorative on several occasions. | |
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Remember the Titans: When Petey tries to explain to the girls ogling Sunshine that he's gay: | |
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In the pilot episode of White Collar, Peter tries to explain to Neil that Diana is gay and not reciprocating his flirting. | |
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In The Simpsons episode "Homer's Phobia", Marge says that she suspects John's flamboyancy is because he "prefers the company of men". Homer doesn't get it, so Marge has to pull a Euphemism Buster on herself and say, "John is ho–mo–sexual!". | |
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Maybe implied: Foghorn Leghorn tries to woo Miss Prissy by trying to act like a dad to her little prodigy Egghead. He tries to get Egghead into baseball, but when Egghead says he never played baseball before: | |
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Poirot: In "Death on the Nile", Tim Allerton answers Rosalie's flirting by quietly telling her she's "barking up the wrong tree". Justified as discretion and euphemism would have been necessary in that time period. | |
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In the notorious deleted scene in Spartacus, in which Crassus heavily (and rather lasciviously) hints at his interests in conversation with his unfortunate slave Antoninus: | |
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Dance Academy: When Sammy is talking to his friend Kat about his first crush on a guy, they pick some Line-of-Sight euphemisms to talk about it because using the real words is more than Sammy can handle at the moment. | |
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Vorkosigan Saga: Miles claims his father is “immune to women� in The Vor Game. It’s not actually true, Aral is bisexual, but the accusation fits the persona Miles is trying to project. | |
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In Schitt's Creek, after Stevie and David hook up, she's a bit confused about his sexual orientation, and obliquely brings the subject up as they shop for wine: | |
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A metaphorical variant in the Steven Universe episode. Ruby and Sapphire's permanent fusion as Garnet is used throughout the series as a homosexuality allegory, and Homeworld Gems will sometimes use derogatory expressions in place of calling Garnet a fusion, such as Jasper calling her a "shameless display" and Peridot mocking Garnet by saying, "She's not even fighting, she's just...[bangs her fists together] you know!" | |
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Gunnerkrigg Court: When Paz mistakenly thinks that Kat is flirting with her, she stammers that "I'm not... like that...", which takes Kat a moment to understand her meaning. (It later turns out she is ... like that, and so is Kat.) | |
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In Bloom County, Steve Dallas's mother is coming to grips with the staggering realization that Liberace was gay: | |
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In Slither, Mayor Jack Macready asks a deputy if his coworker Margaret is available. The deputy tells him not to bother because Margaret "packs a boxed lunch". | |
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In M*A*S*H, "one of those" is the go-to euphemism during The Korean War. It's used by the Politically Incorrect Villains Frank Burns and Colonel Flagg, which should tell you what the writers think of the phrase. | |
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A "friend of Dorothy", used in Britain, has multiple levels of meaning: Judy Garland's status as an icon of adoration for gay men, All Gays Love Theater, and this bit of Have a Gay Old Time from Road to Oz: | |
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Bender from Futurama has no problem using the word "gay", but he's quite happy to talk about it using euphemisms and double entendre. In "Love's Labors Lost in Space", after Leela turns down a date with a sentient cloud of pure energy, Bender suggests that he probably comes from "a dimension that's big on musical theatre." | |
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Played with in Clueless: Cher and Dionne are discussing the prospect of a relationship between Cher and her crush. Murray wants to know which guy they're talking about, and responds thus once Cher tells him: | |
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Anne's line in Gentleman's Agreement: "Tell me, why is it that every man who seems attractive these days is either married or barred on a technicality?" | |
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Played straight, then comically averted in the Saturday Night Live skit "I Took a Gay Guy to Prom": | |
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Temeraire: The closeted Captain Granby tells a confidant in the seventh book that he is an "invert". Justified since the series is set in The Napoleonic Wars, before the word "homosexuality" was coined or "gay" gained its modern-day meaning. "Invert" was a real term for a gay person, though it wasn't commonly used as such until later in the 19th Century either. | |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Played with in "Something Smells". When people start avoiding Spongebob due to his bad breath, he erroneously concludes that they are acting this way because of his appearance. To overcome his insecurities, Spongebob starts yelling that he is "ugly and proud", prompting Squidward to sardonically ask if that's what he calls "it". | |
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Illuminatus!: in two paragraphs pages apart, we learn the the Vice President of the United States had accidentally went on a blind date with the literature critic of Confrontation who had placed a personals ad for "men interested in Greek culture", only for the vice president to show up eager to talk about the military dictatorship in Greece. | |
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El Goonish Shive: When Tedd learns Ashley asked Elliot out after learning about his Gender Bender issues, and possibly because of them, he asks Elliot if she swings both ways, which Elliot doesn't understand. Then he asks if she likes apples and oranges, and Elliot says he doesn't know her fruit preferences. Eventually Tedd just flat out says it: | |
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Doctor Who: In the episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", Donna meets Roger Curbishley, a handsome aristocrat from the 1920s, and seems quite taken by him. However, it soon becomes clear that Roger only has eyes for his family's footman, prompting Donna to mutter: In the episode "Evolution of the Daleks", Martha is complaining about the Doctor's lack of interest in her to Tallulah, leading Tallulah to believe that the Doctor is "into musical theatre". |
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The Puppet Masters. Mary, a very attractive female agent, mentions how the men she encountered chose to Ignore the Fanservice as proof that they were being controlled by aliens. The US President points out that they could have been "harem guards". | |
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The Wire: After Kima demonstrates her skills as an investigator while working with Jimmy McNulty and Bubbles, Bubbles notices the way Jimmy is looking at Kima, and sets him straight. | |
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: In "Biggles Dictates a Letter," Biggles' secretary questions the sexual orientation of his comrade Algy, this after Biggles accused the secretary of being akin to a hooker: | |
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While South Park usually has no problem saying "gay" in both a pejorative sense (though not as frequently in the later seasons) and just to describe gay people, this has been used in the show. In "Tonsil Trouble," Cartman gets HIV and deliberately infects Kyle through a needle. When they venture out to find the cure and Kyle tells the clerk that Cartman gave him AIDS, the clerk asks if the boys are "like that" while sticking his left finger in and out of his right fist. Later in the episode, an announcer makes the same mistake and refers to Kyle and Cartman as "lovers." Played with in "Trapped in the Closet," due to Executive Meddling where the show was not allowed to call Tom Cruise gay. Instead, they set up a metaphor where Cruise gets literally trapped in a closet and refuses to come out. This metaphor continues in "200," where the boys fight with Cruise over whether he's a "fudgepacker"... because he's literally working at a candy factory packing fudge into a box. |
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In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge alludes to Shy Baldwin's homosexuality during a performance by referring to his "Judy Garland shoes". As it's 1960, Shy — the singer Midge is opening for — is very much in the closet; Midge's remark is subtle and it seems to go down well with the audience (she was riffing on his flamboyance), but Shy's manager Reggie decides to fire her from the tour as a result. Garland was known for her LGBT Fanbase back in the day, to the point that “friend of Dorothyâ€� was a standard Gay Euphemism, making the joke in question about as transparent as a crack about Ellen Degeneres today. | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Faith (disguised as Buffy) is surprised to see Willow dating Tara and says, "Ah, Will doesn't drive a stick shift anymore, huh?" | |
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Family Guy: A Cutaway Gag in "Peter's Def Jam" is about an Italian-American man trying to describe his gay brother during a family reunion without upsetting his mother, using euphemisms like "up to the knuckle", "creative", and "a backwards mechanic". | |
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Parodied in an episode of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, in which one businessman describes a potential employee of another using a variety of unlikely phrases like "in his farmyard the geese are all swans" and "he parts his hair in the middle", but when he gets the reply "Oh, I see. He's homosexual" replies with a baffled "Is he? I wasn't suggesting there was no bell on his bicycle." The second businessman never figures out what he was trying to say. | |
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Interview with the Vampire (2022): "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self" The homophobic Florence has inferred that her son Louis is in a Transparent Closet with Lestat, and she derides the latter's style while barely tolerating his presence. She's also judgemental about Louis' appearance. |
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Fellow Travelers: When Miss Addison sees Tim Laughlin for the first time, she assumes he's gay and says to Mary Johnson, "Hmm, he seems very artistic." | |
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In Downton Abbey, Mrs. Patmore calls Thomas "not a ladies' man" and "a troubled soul" in an attempt to explain to Daisy that she's barking up the Incompatible Orientation tree. Naive Daisy misses every euphemism, and Mrs. Patmore, unable to just come out and say it, gives up. | |
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