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gaybashing

gaybashing is the alternative form of gay bashing.

Meaning of gay bashing

Noun

gay bashing (plural gay bashings)

  1. A physical or verbal assault on someone believed to be homosexual; an instance in which one is gay bashed.
    • familiar arguments between the assimilationists and radicals who advocate forming vigilante groups to stop the increasing number of gaybashings.1991 February 4, Owen Shows, “Start Making Sense”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 11
    Synonyms:
    queer bashing

Forms of gaybashing

pluralgaybashings

Questions about gaybashing

What is gaybashing the alternative form of?
Gaybashing is the alternative form of gay bashing.

Words near gaybashing in the dictionary

  1. gaybaiting
  2. gaybaits
  3. gaybar
  4. gaybars
  5. gaybasher
  6. gaybashing
  7. gaybeseen
  8. gaybies
  9. gaybine
  10. gaybo
  11. gayboi

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