gay marry

English

Alternative forms

• gay-marry

Etymology

Back-formation from gay marriage.

Verb

gay marry (third-person singular simple present gay marries, present participle gay marrying, simple past and past participle gay married)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) to marry (a person of the same sex)
   • 2009, Anonymous, Missed Connection with Every Lesbian Girl I've Ever Swooned Over - m4w

     Heartache schmartache, I don't want to gay-marry you, oh sizzling Sapphite.

2. (transitive, nonstandard) to unite in a gay marriage
   • Schwarzenegger Basically Admits He's A Democrat

     Clearly the governor is angling for an administration job, which he'll accept once he's finished gay marrying the entire state of California.

3. (intransitive, nonstandard) to marry a person of the same sex
   • 2004, Greg Wharton, Ian Philips, I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage, p. 219

     First, sex doesn't hover cutely over the ceremony, because everyone assumes gay-marrying types are the least-sexual gay people.