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hetness

hetness noun: heterosexuality.

Noun

hetness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Heterosexuality.
    • It was an ugly scene with lots of drunk straight white boys busy proving their hetness.1994 November 4, Purple Tiger, “A Halloween Story”, in soc.bi (Usenet)
    • I have been accused of ‘flaunting’ my hetness on this blog. Why? Cause I mention it? And I mention it because it’s a big part of who I am and, unlike in the big bad reactionary world, straightness is not presumed amongst kinky women. Bi is, like, the default.2008 March 18, “On Being Straight”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary

Origin of hetness

From het + -ness.

Questions about hetness

What does hetness mean?
Hetness means heterosexuality.
What part of speech is hetness?
Hetness is a noun.

Words near hetness in the dictionary

  1. hetmanites
  2. hetmans
  3. hetmanship
  4. hetmanships
  5. hetmen
  6. hetness
  7. hetol
  8. Hetoumid
  9. Hetoumids
  10. hetpeak
  11. Hetrazan

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