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queerphobes

queerphobes is the plural of queerphobe.

Meaning of queerphobe

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)

Questions about queerphobes

What is queerphobes the plural of?
Queerphobes is the plural of queerphobe.

Words near queerphobes in the dictionary

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

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