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Gayness vs Yayness - What's the difference?

gayness | yayness |

As a noun gayness

is (countable) the state of being gay (cheerful).

As an interjection yayness is

(slang|childish) yay; hooray.

gayness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (countable) The state of being gay (cheerful).
  • (uncountable) The state of being gay (homosexual).
  • * 2002 , Corinne Squire, Lines of Narrative: Psychosocial Perspectives , page 56:
    • Parents often report this as one of their biggest fears upon hearing that their child is gay: assuming that gayness disenables reproduction.
  • * 2011 , Angel Costello, I Died a Little Every Night , page 192:
    • the second thing she noticed about Meghan was she always wore this rainbow colored bracelet. Which apparently people in the gay world new(SIC) that rainbow indicated a sense of gayness.

    Synonyms

    * homosexuality, queerness * lesbianism (of women only )

    See also

    * gaiety: The state of being gay (in the sense of "happy").

    yayness

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang, childish) yay; hooray
  • * 2000 , "Miss Sparkle", Much yayness of the yay variety!'' (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.uk.penpals )
    • Wooo, yayness for you also! :)
  • * 2001 , "Belegdel", ten for ten [poll]'' (on Internet newsgroup ''aus.culture.gothic )
    • I finally have Aliens Special Edition! Yayness !