Cecily: We don’t throw shade. We throw chiaroscuro.
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Alexander, on necessary traits.
Alexander: I’m increasingly infatuated with a lumbersexual. He’s really into metaphysics and is a licensed massage therapist. Pseudo-profundity and deft hands are the only traits I require in a man at this particular moment.
Two friends, on vernacular.
Vinnie: You’re gay (that’s the expression Americans use when they cannot comprehend something).
Cecily: You’re straight (that’s the expression we queens use when we know exactly how to describe somebody).
Two friends, on trifle.
Cecily: Your ex-boyfriend is extremely generous.
Christian: Less so sex-wise.
Cecily: Luckily, I need not trifle with him in the bedroom.
Christian: Trifle may well have been the secret ingredient I never thought of.