Queer

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Usage notes 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

English

Usage notes

The use of this word to mean "homosexual" was formerly, and is often still, considered pejorative. However, in the way that all language is dynamic and pliable, the word is also sometimes now used (primarily as adjective) as a neutral or even positive descriptive term, including by some (primarily younger) homosexuals. In its pejorative use, it is applied almost solely to males. In its modern neutral use, it can be applied to all genders.

Some GLBT youth now use the term as an "all-inclusive" term for the GLBTIQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersex, Queer) etc. community.

'Queer' is also used as a positive term for people who reject mainstream-gay values and culture. People who identify with this version of queer distance themselves from the commercialisation and (relatively) conformist values of the gay mainstream and embrace fluid and unconstrained definitions of sexuality and gender. There is some common ground between this definition of queer and the punk and DIY scenes. See also "genderqueer".

Noun

Queer (plural Queers)

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Translations

Breton: heñvelreviad m (neutral), paotretaer m (inoffensive), pich kaoc'h m (highly offensive) Bulgarian: Ñ Ð¾Ð¼Ð¾ÑÐµÐºÑÑƒÐ°Ð»Ð¸ÑÑ‚ m, гей m, педал m (highly offensive) Dutch: homoseksueel m, homo m, holebi (also includes lesbians and bisexuals) French: gay m (inoffensive), pédé m (highly offensive) German: Homosexueller m, Schwuler m, Lesbe f (latter two sometimes offensive) Hungarian: buzi

Italian: gay m, finocchio m (offensive) Polish: homoseksualista, gej, pedał (offensive), ciota (highly offensive). Russian: гомосексуалист, педераст (neutral), гомосек (offensive), педик (offensive), пидорас (highly offensive) Spanish: apio m

Adjective

Queer (comparative Queerer, superlative Queerest)

1. (somewhat old-fashioned) Weird, odd or different.
2. (somewhat old-fashioned) Slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer).
3. (Slang) Homosexual.
4. (Slang) Having to do with homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism, etc.

Translations

weird, odd, different

Breton: iskis Bulgarian: странен m, чудат m, особен m Dutch: bizar, afwijkend French: bizarre

German: seltsam Hungarian: furcsa Italian: strano, curioso, un po' male

Slightly unwell

Breton: dihet French: mal fichu (to feel queer se sentir mal fichu)

German: unwohl Italian un po' male (to feel queer stare un po' male, sentirsi poco bene) Spanish: trucha

Homosexual

Bulgarian: Ñ Ð¾Ð¼Ð¾ÑÐµÐºÑÑƒÐ°Ð»ÐµÐ½ m Dutch: homoseksueel, homo French: gay (inoffensive), pédé (highly offensive) German: schwul

Hungarian: buzi Italian: omosessuale (neutral) Spanish: marica, maricón, trucha, julay, soplanucas, muerdealmohadas (very offensive), joto m (offensive)

Having to do with homosexuality, etc.

Verb

to queer (third-person singular simple present queers, present participle queering, simple past queered, past participle queered)

1. To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
2. To reevaluate or reinterpret a work with an eye to sexual orientation and/or gender, as by applying queer theory.

Translations

bg:queer fr:queer hu:queer fi:queer zh:queer