Homer's Phobia

In standard Spanish 'raro' means odd or strange, but in Latin American colloquial use it has historically been used as a coded or euphemistic term for a gay person. The episode explicitly plays on the tension between its literal meaning and this social meaning, making it a genuinely non-compositional usage.

In this episode 'festivo' is used as a gentle euphemism. On its surface it means lively or celebratory, but the episode deploys it as a knowing understatement for someone who is gay. The humor rests on the gap between the cheerful literal meaning and the intended social signal.