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Q-slurs

Q-slurs is the plural of Q-slur.

Q-slurs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of Q-slur.

Meaning of Q-slur

Noun

Q-slur (plural Q-slurs)

  1. (euphemistic) The word queer, especially when used disparagingly.
    • The Q-slur as a concept tactily reinforces heteronormativity by casting LGBTA people as inherently "strange." In "No Big Deal" representation, the word should be avoided. Normalizing LGBTA people and the Q-Slur are like oil and water and don't go together.2020 November 15, Lily Orchard, “Simple Writing Tips: a Thread (archived screenshots)”, in Twitter

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Questions about Q-slurs

What is Q-slurs the plural of?
Q-slurs is the plural of Q-slur.

Words near Q-slurs in the dictionary

  1. Q-ship
  2. Q-ships
  3. Q-slur
  4. Q-slurred
  5. Q-slurring
  6. Q-slurs
  7. Q-spoil
  8. Q-spoiled
  9. Q-spoiling
  10. Q-spoils
  11. Q-switch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Q-slurs (page history and authors); Q-slur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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