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queerdar

/ˈkwiɹdɑɹ/

queerdar noun: the supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person.

Noun

queerdar (uncountable)

  1. The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person.
    • maybe she's bi? she sure tingles my queerdar in a big way.1993 October 6, Peggy Boucher Murphy, “Re: Paula Poundstone?”, in soc.motss (Usenet)
    • During that march, my queerdar was on full throttle. I saw HRC equality and rainbow stickers all over the place.2004, Rick Hoffman, account of the March for Women's Lives, Memorandum from the Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, Number 46, Summer 2004, page 3

Origin of queerdar

From queer + -dar.

Questions about queerdar

What does queerdar mean?
Queerdar means the supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person.
What part of speech is queerdar?
Queerdar is a noun.
How do you pronounce queerdar?
Queerdar is pronounced /ˈkwiɹdɑɹ/ (US).

Words near queerdar in the dictionary

  1. queerbaity
  2. queercoded
  3. queercore
  4. queercrip
  5. queercrips
  6. queerdar
  7. queerdo
  8. queerdom
  9. queerdoms
  10. queerdos
  11. queered

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