HoYay
n.— «A phrase has even sprung up in the blogosphere—”HoYay!” meaning “Homoeroticism Yay!”—to describe awkward glances or sexually ambiguous dialogue between guys. “The director sets up a soap opera—two male characters clenching their jaws—and you’re totally thinking to yourself, “Just kiss already!’ ” says Sarah Bunting of TelevisionWithoutPity.com. “It’s almost funnier when the writers aren’t aware.”» —“Television: Having a Gay Old Time” by Ramin Setoodeh Newsweek/MSNBC Jan. 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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