gaybait
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Criticism of the sodomy law by successful gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards led to gay-baiting by her opponents, who claimed gay activists had named her an "honorary lesbian.""
- "In addition to gay-baiting fascists and fascist-baiting homosexuals, currents of [Soviet] officialdom also used epithets of "effeminacy" and "effete" homosexuality to label elements of the old ruling class and to help build the image of the proletarian society and its soldiers as hypermasculine."
- "It’s possible, we suppose, that former Rep. Darrell Issa didn’t realize his TV ad attacking a GOP rival, Carl DeMaio, in the 50th Congressional District primary race could be seen as gay-baiting. The ad, ostensibly about DeMaio’s stance on immigration and President Trump, includes two gratuitous references to the fact that DeMaio is gay."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder. Old Occitan gaibor. Old French gaibor. Middle English gay English gay Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *baitijaną Old Norse beitabor. Middle English bayte English bait English gaybait From gay + bait (“something that allures”).