Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A social debut.
- noun A revelation or acknowledgment that one is a gay man, a lesbian, or a bisexual.
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Examples
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"They would rather you were a drug addict than be gay," she told reporters at the time of her coming-out, which is chronicled in the upcoming documentary "Wish Me Away."
Country singer Chely Wright weds girlfriend Reuters 2011
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"They would rather you were a drug addict than be gay," she told reporters at the time of her coming-out, which is chronicled in the upcoming documentary "Wish Me Away."
Country singer Chely Wright weds girlfriend Reuters 2011
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How much fun to trade war stories aka coming-out stories, talk about each other’s crushes on female celebrities, and your disdain for the lack of lesbian films available!
Same Sex in the City Lauren Levin 2006
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How much fun to trade war stories aka coming-out stories, talk about each other’s crushes on female celebrities, and your disdain for the lack of lesbian films available!
Same Sex in the City Lauren Levin 2006
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WHAT WENT RIGHT: It was largely a coming-out for senior point guard Ishmael Smith, who showed what he could do directing the offense on a regular basis.
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By the way, you may send coming-out presents and cake to my attention at The Huffington Post.
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If he had a singular coming-out game this season, it was the Giants' 37-34 victory in Dallas on Dec. 11.
This Is a Big-Game Team, Right? Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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And it all builds to a prolonged, brilliant segment on being gay and black that puts a racial spin on every coming-out cliché — making us see both with new eyes.
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The dinner at New York's Four Seasons Hotel, a Wall Street coming-out party last April for Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group, was much like any other high-class corporate event—until Guo Guangchang , the company's chairman, changed from pinstripes into white silk pajamas to demonstrate his prowess at tai chi.
Corporate China Spreads Its Wings Dinny McMahon 2011
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In fact, Iowa is turning into the coming-out party for this new kind of heavy campaign artillery.
New Funding Rules Fuel Ad War, Shape Race Danny Yadron 2011
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