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what is "coming out of the cupboard" ? I guess I'm finally coming out of the cupboard. I didn't really want people to know I was secretly obsessed with Harry Potter.i've found this slang on one of facebook pages.
26 nov. 2010 20:19
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It's "coming out of the closet". It means to finally admit publicly to a secret you've had for a long time. In most cases this is used when someone declares that they are homosexual. It comes from the earlier expression, "closet ____". So in your example, you mean you were a "closet Harry Potter fan".
26 novembre 2010
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Are you really sure that is the way you want to describe yourself? As Peachey says, it has other meanings.
26 novembre 2010
No, what she says fits. Coming "out of the closet" is related to homosexuality, etc, but coming out the cupboard is better fitting to a Harry Potter fan because Harry used to live in the cupboard under the stairs. Apparently yall didn't read the books. You can say you're coming out of anything and it'll still mean you're revealing a secret. There's nothing wrong with that phrase.
27 novembre 2010
harry lived in a cupboard? lol No wonder he is the way he is. :P
27 novembre 2010
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