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queerbaiter

noun

Etymology

From queerbait + -er.

  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”
  6. formed as queerbaiter — “queerbait + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who engages in queerbaiting.

    • In Bless [the Beasts and Children], a delicate boy who is being tormented by queerbaiters at summer camp is rescued by a macho but sensitive boy who becomes his protector.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:queerbaiter.

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