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In some senses, cruisy is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
cruisy
/ˈkɹuːzi/
adj 5
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3ADJ.
gay
CRUISY + NOUN
beach
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
1
Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
2
Leisurely.
3
Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men).
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cruisy gay area of Central Park twice.
Jim, who's been coming here since 1954, misses some aspects of the old days. It is a busier, louder place now. "I could come here and read," he explains wistfully. "I could come here for a quiet drink." Now the press of people and the "cruisy" atmosphere make it impossible to read except in the afternoon and early evening.
4
Tending to cruise for sexual partners.
Most of the women who approached me were cruisy, butch numbers.
5
A laid back job, person, or place.
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1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cr
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Jim, who's been coming here since 1954, misses some aspects of the old days. It is a busier, louder place now. "I could come here and read," he explains wistfully. "I could come here for a quiet drink
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Will Rogers State Beach is a cruisy gay beach, always lots of people and lots of fun.
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