Today marks Day 6 of our "NYP Writers Are Homophobes" coverage, and once more there's no shortage of material. A quick look at Page Six reveals the unoriginal staffers continue to gratuitously overuse the phrase "toe-tapper" when describing latent homosexuals, this time in the context of ex-Jersey gov Jim McGreevey.
The idiom first reared its ugly head in reference Larry Craig (who was, presumably, tapping his foot in the men's lavatory in order to send a gay bat signal to his would-be sexual partner over in the next stall) but its continued presence in the Post remains a veritable mystery.
And while we'd prefer a new borderline offensive term for variety's sake (might we suggest "lightfooted," "slipper-shod" or "addicted to Bravo?") we can't exactly say we're surprised by the Post's lack of originality.
In fact, you might even say it's their thing.

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