"gayface" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "gay + face",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gay + face.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gayfaces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "gayface (usually uncountable, plural gayfaces)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "LGBTQ",
          "orig": "en:LGBTQ",
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            "Human",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Details, Volume 27, Issues 7-9",
          "text": "Not just because of his famously homoerotic sonnets but because Shakespeare seems to have had-let's be blunt here-a serious case of gayface."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females."
      ],
      "id": "en-gayface-en-noun-AYwdRiQH",
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          "stereotypical",
          "stereotypical"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "homosexuality",
          "homosexuality"
        ],
        [
          "countenance",
          "countenance"
        ],
        [
          "effeminacy",
          "effeminacy"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "masculinity",
          "masculinity"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, slang) An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "femme"
        },
        {
          "word": "bull dyke"
        },
        {
          "word": "girly man"
        },
        {
          "word": "tom boy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "slang",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gayface"
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    {
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    }
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        "2": "gay",
        "3": "face"
      },
      "expansion": "gay + face",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gay + face.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gayfaces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "gayface (usually uncountable, plural gayfaces)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "femme"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull dyke"
    },
    {
      "word": "girly man"
    },
    {
      "word": "tom boy"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "Details, Volume 27, Issues 7-9",
          "text": "Not just because of his famously homoerotic sonnets but because Shakespeare seems to have had-let's be blunt here-a serious case of gayface."
        }
      ],
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        "An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females."
      ],
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        [
          "stereotypical",
          "stereotypical"
        ],
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          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "homosexuality",
          "homosexuality"
        ],
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          "countenance",
          "countenance"
        ],
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        ],
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          "male",
          "male"
        ],
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          "masculinity",
          "masculinity"
        ],
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          "female"
        ]
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        "(rare, slang) An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females."
      ],
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        "slang",
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  "word": "gayface"
}