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queerbait

noun

Etymology

From queer + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to cleave, split, separate”
  2. derived from *baitō✻ — “that which is bitten, bait”
  3. derived from beita — “food, bait”
  4. inherited from bayte
  5. formed as queerbait — “queer + bait”

Definitions

  1. A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.

    • A couple of them are UNO pukes; the others are just ugly and stupid or probably latent queerbait themselves. Anyway, they're always on the prowl for fresh meat down in the Quarter.
    • “Cause you'd fuck anything, wouldn't you, queerbait, you little queer. I bet you've even fucked your own father!” Stunned silence at this.
    • A fucking stranger had come between them and now here was a flaming queerbait ruining his chances for a sale.

  2. To engage in queerbaiting (creating homoerotic tension, but not developing it, in a…

    To engage in queerbaiting (creating homoerotic tension, but not developing it, in a narrative work to reel in an LGBT audience).

  3. To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance…

    To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance political ends against them.

    • The reasons for red-baiting among gays are more legitimate than reasons for queer-baiting among leftists, because much of the left is imbued with bigotry and certain socialist regimes have been and are oppressive of gays.

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Derived

queerbaiter, queerbaity

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for queerbait. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA