HoYay

See also: hoyay, and HoYay!

English

Alternative forms

• HoYay!
• hoyay

Etymology

From a contraction of "homoeroticism, yay!", after a thread so named on the forum Television Without Pity.

Noun

HoYay (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc.
   • 2001 June 28, Mike Zeares, “Re: New writer joins BUFFY staff”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[1] (Usenet):

     This should really help the HoYay! quotient on BtVS, which was largely lacking in S5, Willow and Tara notwithstanding (it's not as much fun if it's *text*).

   • 2002 January 26, Shadowy Moon [username], “Re: Religious groups praise "Lord Of The Rings"”, in alt.gossip.celebrities‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Tangentially, speaking of HoYay! movies, the local movie reviewer here said about "The Count of Monte Cristo" that he's seen less homoerotic subtext in a Village People video.

   • 2008, Melanie E. S. Kohnen, “The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom”, in Sharon Marie Ross, Louisa Ellen Stein, editors, Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages 214–215:

     Considering fans' previous seemingly blanket endorsement of everything queer, one has to ask why HoYay! fans don't favor the queer Lex/Lana/Clark triangle.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:HoYay.

See also

• queerbaiting