queen
- noun
- /kwin/
- Slur
- Not all of us are fems or leather queens or whatever the stereotype says we are.
Examples
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He referred to his friend as a queen because of his flamboyant personality.
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You look like a drag queen.
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I look like a drag queen and I love it.
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If I were a drag queen, what would my stage name be?
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OK, Queen of the cake, Queen of the flipping cake.
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Could you be any more of a drama queen from 5,000 miles away?
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Weirdly, I've been called a 'drama queen' twice in the last couple of months.
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Larissa DuMont was my drag queen tutor and coach.
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Some people mistakenly consider being called a queen as a compliment.
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In discussions about stereotypes, they often jokingly call the more dramatic members of their group 'drama queens.'
Idioms
Compounds
A bed or mattress size larger than a double and smaller than a king, about 60 by 80 inches
- Slur
An insulting name for a woman said to unfairly take government money, often used to express racist ideas
- Formal
The mother of the current king or queen who keeps the title after her child becomes ruler
A wild plant with many thin leaves and groups of small white flowers like a carrot that grows in fields
- Literature
A famous queen known for her wisdom and great wealth who visited King Solomon
- Specialized
A vertical support between the main roof beams that holds the middle of the roof
A woman who rules a country because the king cannot, often until the heir is old enough
- Specialized
A brightly colored tropical fish with a deep body and long spines on its top fin, often near coral reefs
A region of Antarctica claimed by Norway between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea
- Specialized
A larger female in a colony of naked mole rats who is the only one to have babies
Surface Forms
Etymology
A slang use of queen has been an offensive word for a gay man seen as very feminine; a helpful way to remember this is that the insult compares a man to a queen (a woman), but this use is hurtful and should be avoided.