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queerdar

noun
/ˈkwiɹdɑɹ/US

Etymology

From queer + -dar.

  1. derived from *terkʷ-✻ — “to turn, twist, wind”
  2. derived from *þwerhaz✻
  3. derived from *þwerh✻
  4. derived from thwerh
  5. suffixed as queerdar — “queer + dar”

Definitions

  1. The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person.

    • maybe she's bi? she sure tingles my queerdar in a big way.
    • During that march, my queerdar was on full throttle. I saw HRC equality and rainbow stickers all over the place.
    • Are there such things as 'gaydar' or 'queerdar'? That is to say, do some individuals possess an uncanny ability to recognise someone or something as gay or queer and to acknowledge it publicly, […]

The neighborhood

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