Citations:Claymate

Noun: "a fan of singer Clay Aiken"

 * 2004 — Michael Glitz, "Why can't the Idol be gay?", The Advocate, 11 May 2004:
 * Aiken has said emphatically that he's straight — and The Advocate has no information about Lynch's or Ramirez-Rial's orientation — but Hay speculates that even the teenage Claymates probably wouldn't mind a gay Idol.
 * 2006 — Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press (2006), ISBN 9781400080434, page 253:
 * As a Biophysics major, devoted Claymate, and writer of 7th Heaven fanfic, Tanu is someone I've long considered to be the human equivalent of unbuttered toast.
 * 2007 — Rossie O'Donnell, Celebrity Detox: The Fame Game, Grand Central Publishing (2007), ISBN 9780446199933, unnumbered page:
 * He had his Claymates in the crowd, holding up signs and screaming for him, and he tried too hard — and she was having none of it.
 * 2008 — "The Most Unlikely Dads of the Year", Newsweek, 31 May 2008:
 * Is anybody really ever ready for fatherhood? Who knows, but it's safe to say nobody was ready for this: Clay Aiken is going to be a dad. But don't get jealous, Claymates. Aiken's paternity was accomplished via artificial insemination, so he's still on the market (though he plans to be involved in the baby's life, friends say).
 * 2008 — "Claymates in crisis", The Advocate, 4 November 2008:
 * On another, the Clayboard, a Claymate wrote about feeling lost after spending years defending Aiken's heterosexuality.
 * 2009 — Kelli S. Burns, Celeb 2.0: How Social Media Foster Our Fascination With Popular Culture, Greenwood Publishing Group (2009), ISBN 9780313356889, page 149:
 * Claymates were "tweeting" before Twitter was around!
 * 2009 — Celia Rivenbark, You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning, St. Martin's Press (2009), ISBN 9780312363017, page 110:
 * One former Claymate posted her final message on his fan site with this gem: "I will never be able to listen to him sing, 'O Holy Night,' knowing he desires unholy nights."

Verb: "alternative capitalization of claymate"

 * 1996 — Douglas Rushkoff, Media Virus!: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture, Ballantine Books (1996), ISBN 9780307775573, unnumbered page:
 * Peter Gabriel's famous "Sledgehammer" video invented a visual style by Claymating and mutating the artist's face as he sings his song,