Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gay vague

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
gay -vague
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An advertising strategy designed to appeal to gay consumers through subtle, ambiguous, or not fully explicit representations of same-sex relationships or orientations.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by the journalist Michael Wilke of Advertising Age in 1997.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gay-vague (alternative)

Questions

What does gay vague mean?
An advertising strategy designed to appeal to gay consumers through subtle, ambiguous, or not fully explicit representations of same-sex relationships or orientations.
Where does gay vague come from?
Coined by the journalist Michael Wilke of Advertising Age in 1997.

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