queer
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9.9
- noun
- /kwɪr/
- Slur
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maricón (insulto)
- Jensen was found two hours later in some queer club.
Now some vegans, they'll call you a queer or whatever, you know, but that's them.
- Now some vegans, they'll call you a queer or whatever, you know, but that's them.
- Safety, You know, homophobia back in the day was getting your head kicked in and being called a queer.
- And so everyday I get queer faggot, I get that I'm going to burn in hell because I like make up.
- And I'm not a queer, I'm not a fair weather friend so I stuck to it.
Examples
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Ginger gave me a queer look, and we walked in silence for a while along the narrow streets.
Fiction book (1994) -
"There is, to use a common phrase, a queer feeling pervading the English-speaking community."
Academic text (2000) -
The excuse that a book isn't worth reading solely because it contains queer sex is homophobic.
Blog text (30) -
I think some of your anxiety about dating cis lesbians/queer cis women might be misplaced.
Blog text (15) -
He often felt awkward at the party because he was the only queer there.
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After coming out, he felt a sense of freedom being able to openly identify as a queer man.
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In college, he found support among friends who respected him for being queer.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex
67
2.7
A man who is attracted to other men
A person who is attracted to people of the same sex
A person who is attracted to people of the same sex
A man who is attracted to other men
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
Violent acts against LGBTQ+ people because of their sexuality or gender identity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Queer originally meant 'strange' or 'off' and over time people began using it as a rude name for gay men in the 19th and 20th centuries, so using queer as an insult is offensive to many people.