"게이" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ke̞i] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gei [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English gay. Etymology templates: {{bor|ko|en|gay}} English gay Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 게이 • (gei)
  1. gay man (male homosexual)
    Sense id: en-게이-ko-noun-p~w-GOL3 Categories (other): LGBTQ, Male Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 47 25 28 Disambiguation of Male: 92 8 0
  2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) effeminate man Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-게이-ko-noun-EtoKtAWe Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 60 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 75 17
  3. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) user, forum user, social media user; often mistakenly understood as a shortening of 게시판 이용자 (gesipan iyongja, “forum user”). Tags: Internet, humorous, sometimes
    Sense id: en-게이-ko-noun-oe2NuI0J Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 6 33 61 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 7 37 57 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 7 36 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
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        [
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          "forum"
        ],
        [
          "social media",
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        ],
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          "게시판",
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        ],
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          "이용자",
          "이용자#Korean"
        ]
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      ],
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        "Internet",
        "humorous",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ke̞i]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "게이"
    },
    {
      "other": "[게이]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Korean lemmas",
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    "Korean terms derived from English",
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    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
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    "Pages with entries",
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          "gay",
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        "Korean offensive terms",
        "Korean slang"
      ],
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      ],
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          "derogatory",
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        "derogatory",
        "offensive",
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      ]
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      ],
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        "user, forum user, social media user; often mistakenly understood as a shortening of 게시판 이용자 (gesipan iyongja, “forum user”)."
      ],
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        [
          "Internet",
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          "slang",
          "slang"
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          "humorous",
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      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "humorous",
        "sometimes"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
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    },
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