When straight males who are very good friends say vaguely homosexual things to each other, not to express physical attraction or any romantic love towards each other, but as a means by which to show a simple appreciation in an ironic fashion.
Oddly enough, it is seen as âgayerâ for a straight male to be forward about unironic non-sexual love for their friends than it is to say something disingenuously homosexual to get the same point across without actually saying it.
Friend 1: âItâs really fuckin hot in here.â
Friend 2: âWell, donât take your shirt off, itâll just get hotter.â
Friend 1: âOh, you on that homiesexual type beat.â
Friends 1 & 2: *laughter*
Both friends know the comment is not genuine, but they appreciate it for what it is, which is deeply ironic and has a lot of variability. Itâs not actually gay nor is it meant to be taken that way. Itâs a genuine unrelated appreciation wrapped in disingenuous joke comment.