bury your gays
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Meaning · English
A fiction trope where gay characters tend to die or generally meet an untimely demise.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “bury your gays” mean?
A fiction trope where gay characters tend to die or generally meet an untimely demise.
Is “bury your gays” formal or informal?
bury your gays is generally slang.