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.[1][2]
Noun
HoYay (uncountable)
- (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, 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, 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, editor, 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.
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See also
- queerbaiting
References
- Christy Carlson, "IS this because I'm Intertextual: Law and Order, Special Victims Unit, and Queer Internet Fan Production", in Queer Online: Media Technology & Sexuality (Kate O'Riordan & David J. Phillips), →ISBN, Peter Lang (2007), page 182
- Allison McCracken, "At stake: Angel's Body, Fantasy Masculinity, and Queer Desire in Teen Television", in Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (eds. Elana Levine & Lisa Ann Parks), Duke University Press (2007), →ISBN, page 138