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41queer — [16] Queer was probably borrowed from German quer ‘across, oblique’, hence ‘perverse’. This went back to a prehistoric Indo European *twerk , which also produced English thwart and Latin torquēre ‘twist’ (source of English torch, torture, etc).… …
42Queer — Apart from the obvious gay link, this word used to be used a lot to mean someone looked ill. As in You look queer . Of course you might not say that these days in case you get either picked up, or thumped! …
43queer — I n A homosexual. He is a queer with an odd perspective on life. 1940s II adj Counterfeit. Watch him; he s known for passing queermoney. 1930s …
44queer — [kwɪə] adj I 1) old fashioned strange 2) offensive an offensive word used for describing gay people II noun [C] offensive queer [kwɪə] an offensive word for someone who is gay …
45queer — 1. n. Homosexual male. Also adj.. 2. v. Spoil. Put out of order. 3. queer bird, card, cove, customer, fish, stick, etc. Eccentric, odd person …
46queer — see there’s nowt so queer as folk …
47queer — [16] Queer was probably borrowed from German quer ‘across, oblique’, hence ‘perverse’. This went back to a prehistoric Indo European *twerk , which also produced English thwart and Latin torquēre ‘twist’ (source of English torch, torture, etc).… …
48Queer theory — is a field of Gender Studies that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of gay and lesbian studies and feminist studies. Heavily influenced by the work of Michel Foucault, queer theory builds both upon feminist challenges to the idea that… …
49Queer Duck — A Queer Duck episode opening splash screen Format Animated series Comedy series Created by Mike Reiss …
50Queer Nation — was an organization founded in March 1990 in New York City, USA by AIDS activists from ACT UP.citation |title=Queer Theory/sociology |first=Steven |last=Seidman |authorlink=Steven Seidman |page=414 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |isbn=1557867402 …
