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queer

queer

21 6.7
A person who identifies as LGBTQ+
  • noun
  • /kwɪr/
: persona queer
  • She proudly identifies as a queer person, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights everywhere.
  • queer (LGBTQ)
  • transgender and queer
  • bisexual and queer

Happy gay month to all the gays, queers and queers.

Examples

  • You'll probably grow up queer, you know that?

    A Perfect World (1993)

  • There are people who are working to make queer people feel safe in all of those states.

  • And with me being a black queer woman, that was also very interesting.

  • What do you think it's doing for young women, young queer activists right now?

  • And in particular focusing on on the queer community and people who are allies.

  • This is like a staple for queer literature.

  • She is here and she is queer, always and forever.

  • Well, it's a media outlet that is supposedly about queer news and lifestyle and politics.

  • The sheer joy of being alive and queer radiated from every face.

    Academic text (2012)

  • They're sitting next to women with blue hair, you know, polyamorous, vegan, queer community people.

Antonyms

straight
258 4.6

Attracted to people of the opposite sex

Idioms

queer as folk
  • Archaic
1 9.9

People often do strange or surprising things

down Queer Street
  • Archaic
9.9

To get into serious trouble because of bad money choices

nowt so queer as folk
  • Archaic
9.9

People often behave in strange and unexpected ways

queer as Dick's hatband
  • Archaic
9.9

Very strange in a way that people notice

Compounds

something queer
  • Archaic
1 8.8

A thing that seems strange or not right

gear queer
  • Slang
1 9.9

A person who loves equipment for hobbies like cycling

queer fish
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who seems strange to other people

queer bird
  • Archaic
1 9.4

A person who acts in an odd or unusual way

queer duck
  • Archaic
1 9.6

A person who acts in a strange or unusual way

queer bashing
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Violent acts against LGBTQ+ people because of their sexuality or gender identity

Surface Forms

queer singular
queers plural

Etymology

Queer was once an insult, but many LGBTQ+ people later took the word back and now use it as a broad, proud label for identities that are not strictly gay, lesbian or straight, so queer can be a positive identity term for some people.