lance, v.

[Benjamin Zimmer]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_en_ot/people_reichen_lehmkuhl_1
WASHINGTON - Doogie Howser wasn't outed, he was "lanced."
That's a new term to describe celebrities who have been forced to
reveal they're gay, said Reichen Lehmkuhl, boyfriend of 'N Sync star
Lance Bass.
"It's to be outed by someone in the public media and to a celebrity,
and Neil Patrick Harris, I understand, has been 'lanced,'" Lehmkuhl
told AP Radio News in a recent interview. The term was coined, he
said, after Bass revealed earlier this year that he is gay.
"They're calling it a 'lancing.' It's to be 'lanced,'" Lehmkuhl said
of Harris, who said last week he is "a very content gay man living my
life to the fullest."
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--Ben Zimmer

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