Basic Trope: Characters use euphemisms to avoid directly using homosexuality-related terms.
- Straight: Bob and his friends are talking about a gay character, and describe him as "that way."
- Exaggerated: Absurd euphemisms are used, such as "likes to wear pink."
- Downplayed: It's worded in a way that makes it clear what it's referring to.
- Justified: The work in question takes place (or was produced) in a time where gay terms were taboo.
- Subverted: Immediately when it looks like they're going to use a euphemism, the character uses an actual term.
- Double Subverted: ??
- Inverted: Characters use homosexuality-related terms, which are somehow lost on the listener.
- Zig-Zagged: ??
- Lampshaded: ??
- Averted: Free and unrestricted usage of homosexuality-related terms is the norm.
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