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queerspeak

queerspeak noun: the style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.

Noun

queerspeak (uncountable)

  1. The style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.
    • We should drop newspeak in favor of queerspeak: the ways different gay men and lesbians really communicate. Stories fashioned after journal entries, letters to friends, conversations.1986 December 7, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Just the Facts, Miss Thing”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 11

Origin of queerspeak

From queer + -speak.

Questions about queerspeak

What does queerspeak mean?
Queerspeak means the style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.
What part of speech is queerspeak?
Queerspeak is a noun.

Words near queerspeak in the dictionary

  1. queers
  2. queers someone's pitch
  3. queers up
  4. queersome
  5. queerspawn
  6. queerspeak
  7. queersploitation
  8. QueerTok
  9. queery
  10. queest
  11. queesting

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