gay baby jail

== English == === Etymology === Coined by chat users in a live stream by content creator SimpleFlips on the video streaming service Twitch in late July 2017, from an earlier sense meaning a softlock, ostensibly first attested on Tumblr since as early as 21 January 2013. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “But why "gay", why "baby", why "jail"? Context needed.”) === Pronunciation === === Noun === gay baby jail (countable and uncountable, plural gay baby jails) (chiefly Internet slang, humorous) An imprisonment or containment. === References ===