Gaywater

Gaywater is not the opposite of conversion therapy. It’s a southern American term for whiskey, especially the illegal kind. This is part of a complete episode.

Transcript of “Gaywater”

You know the term gay water?

I’ve seen this in South Carolina.

Gay water.

Is this like a rapids or a lot of white froth on it?

Good guess, but it’s more like white lightning.

Oh, makes you gay.

Makes you happy.

Makes you happy.

Yeah, gay water is a term that means moonshine.

Moonshine.

Some kind of illegal.

The old meaning of gay.

Yeah.

The happy meaning of gay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And the alcohol meaning of water.

Put your spirits up.

Right.

Pass me some of that gay water.

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