queerantine
queerantine noun: a quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Noun
queerantine (countable and uncountable, plural queerantines)
- A quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Or, as another user put it in a post that invited members to a WhatsApp chat: “JOIN US IN QUEERANTINE. Self isolation need not be so lonely.”2020 March 18, Penelope Green, “‘Join us in queerantine’: a dating app builds a community”, in New York Times (online)
- This is my winged eleganza best costume for today! #goforthegold #billyporterfashionchallenge #theebillyporter #diydiva #queerantine #quarantinebutmakeitfashion2020 March 27, Celia Fernandez, quoting Tony Elder (@forgotten_fabric), “Billy Porter asked fans to recreate his Met Gala look, and they delivered”, in Insider, archived from the original on 29 Jun...
Forms of queerantine
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Origin of queerantine
Blend of queer + quarantine.
Questions about queerantine
- What does queerantine mean?
- Queerantine means a quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- What part of speech is queerantine?
- Queerantine is a noun.
- What is the plural of queerantine?
- The plural of queerantine is queerantines.
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