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Korean

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gei
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gei
McCune–Reischauer?kei
Yale Romanization?keyi

Noun

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게이 (gei)

  1. gay man (male homosexual)
    Hypernyms: 동성애자(同性愛者) (dongseong'aeja, homosexual), 호모 (homo)
  2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) effeminate man
  3. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) user, forum user, social media user; often mistakenly understood as a shortening of 게시판 이용자 (gesipan iyongja, forum user).