kit gay

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “gay kit”. Both words were borrowed from English, but adjectives follow the noun in Portuguese.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.t͡ʃi ˈɡej/ [ˈki.t͡ʃi ˈɡeɪ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.t͡ʃi ˈɡej/ [ˈki.t͡ʃi ˈɡeɪ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.te ˈɡej/ [ˈki.te ˈɡeɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tɨ ˈɡɐj/ [ˈki.tɨ ˈɣɐj]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tɨ ˈɡɐj/ [ˈki.tɨ ˈɣɐj]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tɨ ˈɡej/ [ˈki.tɨ ˈɣej]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tɨ ˈɡej/ [ˈki.tɨ ˈɣej]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tɨ ˈɡe/ [ˈki.tɨ ˈɣe]

Proper noun

kit gay

1. (Brazil, usually derogatory) a rumored set of learning materials about sexual diversity supposed to be distributed in Brazilian schools
   • 2016, José Hibba, Indiretas Já!, Clube de Autores, page 60:

     Kit gay. Aberração lasciva lançada pelo governo do PT para contaminar as escolas e as crianças com ideologias homossexuais e com agressão aos valores morais das famílias.

     Gay kit. Lascivious aberration introduced by the Workers' Party government to contaminate schools and children with homosexual ideologies and with aggression to the families' moral values.

Further reading

• kit gay on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt