toaster oven

toaster oven – referring to the coming out episode of the TV show Ellen, wherein Ellen Morgan’s new friend who has just revealed herself to be a lesbian makes a crack about if she had converted one more person, she would have gotten a toaster. Ellen, deep in denial of her own sexuality, says that if that’s gay humor, she doesn’t get it. Later, Ellen goes to the airport to find her new friend and tell her “I got the toaster joke.” At the end, lesbian rock star Melissa Etheridge puts in a brief appearance to sign Ellen up as gay and give Ellen’s friend her toaster. Thus the shirt, “Ask me how you can win a toaster.”. Gay termin.