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queerphobe

queerphobe noun: someone who has a fear or hatred of queer people; a person exhibiting queerphobia.

Noun

queerphobe (plural queerphobes)

  1. Someone who has a fear or hatred of queer people; a person exhibiting queerphobia.
    • The "homo-" is the Greek prefix for "same", hence "homosexual" refers to "sex" with someone of the "same [gender]", and "homophobe" refers to "phobia" towards someone of the "same [gender]". It never occurred to me that one might think of the "homo" part as not being a prefix, but of being slang...[1985 April 22, Rob Bernardo, “The Word "homophobe"”, in net.motss (Usenet)
    • Happily, or sadly, I'm not sure, the world is not such a simple place. People have the views and feelings they do for a amazingly wide variety of reasons. True there are plenty of nasty queerphobes and such out there.1994 March 17, John R. Snead, “Re: Elf!!, the Unauthorized Queer”, in soc.bi (Usenet)

Examples of queerphobe in a sentence

  • It never occurred to me that one might think of the "homo" part as not being a prefix, but of being slang shortening of "homosexual", as if to say "queerphobe".[1985 April 22, Rob Bernardo, “The Word "homophobe"”, in net.motss (Usenet):
  • They published Casey’s work address online for other concerned queerphobes to take note of.2025 September, Casey Burkholder, Pam Whitty, Pam Malins, Melissa Keehn, “On summoning queer joy in early childhood education: Some...

Forms of queerphobe

pluralqueerphobes

Origin of queerphobe

From queer + -phobe.

Questions about queerphobe

What does queerphobe mean?
Queerphobe means someone who has a fear or hatred of queer people; a person exhibiting queerphobia.
How do you use queerphobe in a sentence?
It never occurred to me that one might think of the "homo" part as not being a prefix, but of being slang shortening of "homosexual", as if to say "queerphobe".
What part of speech is queerphobe?
Queerphobe is a noun.
What is the plural of queerphobe?
The plural of queerphobe is queerphobes.

Words near queerphobe in the dictionary

  1. queernorm
  2. queernormative
  3. queernormativity
  4. queerosexual
  5. queerosexuals
  6. queerphobe
  7. queerphobes
  8. queerphobia
  9. queerphobic
  10. queerplatonic
  11. queers

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