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straightwashed

straightwashed adjective: with references to nonstraight sexual orientations omitted or removed. Also the simple past and past participle of straightwash.

Adjective

straightwashed (not comparable)

  1. With references to nonstraight sexual orientations omitted or removed.
    • […] the result of the decline of the studio-era Production Code (which forbade depictions of homosexuality, leading to 'straightwashed' biopics of figures like Cole Porter in Night and Day […]2017, Jonathan Lupo, “Blending in and standing out: Storytelling and genre in the LGBT biopics Milk and Pedro”, in Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, volume 2, number 2, →DOI, page 230
    • Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire [title]2018 December 19, Peter Bradshaw, “Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Also used as

straightwashed is also the simple past and past participle of straightwash.

Questions about straightwashed

What does straightwashed mean?
Straightwashed means with references to nonstraight sexual orientations omitted or removed.
What part of speech is straightwashed?
Straightwashed is an adjective.

Words near straightwashed in the dictionary

  1. straightsplained
  2. straightsplaining
  3. straightsplains
  4. straightup
  5. straightwash
  6. straightwashed
  7. straightwashes
  8. straightwashing
  9. straightway
  10. straightways
  11. straightwise

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