Gaylor

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Gaylor (plural Gaylors)

1. A surname.
   • 2015 June 17, Sam Roberts, “Anne Gaylor, 88, Dies; Guarded Wall Between Church and State”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-29:

     Anne Nicol Gaylor, who transformed a local campaign for abortion rights into a national crusade to maintain the separation of church and state, died on June 14 at a hospice in Fitchburg, Wis., near Madison. She was 88.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaylor is the 9609^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3382 individuals. Gaylor is most common among White (81.43%) and Black/African American (12.6%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Blend of gay +‎ Taylor.

Proper noun

Gaylor

1. (fandom slang) A fan theory that singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is secretly gay.

   Antonym: Hetlor

   • 2022 October 19, Constance Grady, “Let's go down the rabbit hole of Taylor Swift conspiracy theories”, in Vox‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-07-24:

     There are two major fan theories at play in the lead-up to Midnights. The first we're going to call the Karma theory. The second is the Gaylor theory. One of them has been nearly confirmed, and the other nearly dashed.

   • 2023 April 12, CT Jones, “Why Some Taylor Swift Stans Are Ganging Up On 'Gaylors': Report”, in Rolling Stone‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-29:

     Anti-Gaylor fans, also known by the derisive term Hetlors, are a subculture of Swift followers who believe the harmless Gaylor fan theory is disrespectful to the pop star. The theory, which originated on the blogging site Tumblr in the mid-2010s, became a renewed topic of interest online when Swift abruptly announced her tenth studio album Midnights in 2022 — and began releasing coded messages about the contents and meanings behind her new songs.

Derived terms

• Gaylorism

Noun

Gaylor (plural Gaylors)

1. (fandom slang) Someone who believes in the Gaylor theory.

   Antonym: Hetlor

   • 2022 March 25, Caitlin Cruz, “The Enduring Fervor of Gaylor Fan Theory”, in Jezebel‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-06-27:

     And most Gaylors treat every song, photo, piece of social media content, and interview related to Swift with the care of someone attempting to decode the Rosetta Stone. Grainy fan shots from The 1975 show in New York, an interview in which Swift said being in a room with Victoria's Secret Angels was a "fantasy," lyrics like "I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you," literal glass boxes in music videos, lack of wedding attendances, likes and unlikes, follows and unfollows... In the words of Swift: "All at once this is enough."

   • 2022 October 31, Joe Packer, “How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners”, in Salon.com‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-07-25:

     Model Karlie Kloss, fiddle player Emily Poe, and country singer Kelly Pickler are some other women Gaylors link romantically to Swift via lyrics, statements and Instagram photos. For these fans, it's not that Gaylors are spies uncovering a secret Swift wants hidden, but rather that Swift is trying to communicate her queerness to and only to a sympathetic audience capable of piecing together her hints.

   • 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[6]:

     Welcome to Camp Gaylore, the first-ever IRL summit of pop theorists known as Gaylors. As you may already know, Gaylors hold some very strong convictions: (1) that Taylor Swift is queer, regardless of whatever problematic cis men she may date […]