Gay
Gay adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Idle
Idle adjective - Not being in a state of use, activity, or employment.
Both words in one sentence
- Eric Idle relates in one book the story of a woman who declared that, what with Graham being gay and all, he should be stoned because she'd been reading the parts of the Bible that appealed to her homophobia.
Source: Cloud Cuckoolander / Real Life -
Eric Idle played Camp Gay or Ambiguously Gay roles (or at least slightly effeminate ones), but is in fact straight.
Source: Camp Straight
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Idle or Gay. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gay/idle.
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