Ho-Yay
n.— «“He’s a complicated man And no one understands him but his Wesley…CHARLES GUNN! Bwa-hahaha!” “The Ho-Yay! thread’s corrupted you too!”» —“Re: Call Waiting 6” by Lejo Usenet: alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative May 27, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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