" queerness "

 [ "queerness" ]

1: The amount of queer in someone that is gay, or lesbian

  * e.g.,  ... The amount of queerness of that guy was insane! 

 [ "queer" ]

1: queer: Originally pejorative for gay, now being reclaimed by some gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered persons as a self-affirming umbrella term. Caution: still extremely offensive when used as an epithet.

 [ "Queer" ]

1: Old English for strange, weird, and unusual.

  * e.g.,  ... She is a queer creature from how she acts. 

 [ "queer" ]

1: Commonly used in poker, to refer to a hand that is one card short of a straight.

  * e.g.,  ... Man, my 5-6-7-9 is a straight-up queer. 

 [ "queer" ]

1: Originally meant to describe something as unusual or strange. Became a deroggatory word to describe homosexuals. More recently, it has been reclaimed by non-heterosexuals as a word used to describe themselves. Queer can now be used to describe homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered people. In scholarly studies the word queer is also used to describe those who practice unconventional sex (e.g. bondage, etc.), therefore even heterosexuals can sometimes be defined as queer.

  * e.g.,  ...  Your brother is a really queer guy. 

 [ "Queer" ]

1: A large umbrella word for all the LGBTQIA+ community.

  * e.g.,  ... They're queer. 

 [ "queer" ]

1: Originally used to define homosexuals. Now used loosely as an insult to something weird/stupid/fucked up

  * e.g.,  ... Dude, Elton John is flaming queer 

 [ "Queer" ]

1: It means weird

  * e.g.,  ... Kelly: "Check out that old man. He looks very queer." 

 [ "Queer" ]

2: Not not straight

  * e.g.,  ... Some tiktok feminist: "Bro how can you assume somebody's sexuality without talking to him? How offensive, scathing, derogatory, and disgusting of you!" 

 [ "Queer" ]

3: You fucking idiots

  * e.g.,  ... Kelly: "No I meant as in weird you fucking bozo." 

 [ "queer" ]

1: \`queer\

 [ "queer" ]

2:  adj.

  * e.g.,  ... (a) That crazy person is quite queer. 

 [ "queer" ]

3: (a) strange, unusual

  * e.g.,  ... (b) My friend is queer, she told me yesterday. 

 [ "queer" ]

4: (b) gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered

 [ "queer" ]

5:  n.

  * e.g.,  ... Person A: Did you see that fucking queer? I hate them! 

 [ "queer" ]

6: A member of the lgbt community.

  * e.g.,  ... Person B: Shut up, dude, don't hate them for no reason. What did they ever do to you? 

 [ "queer" ]

7: Background:

 [ "queer" ]

8: Originally, "queer" was simply just another word for strange, unusual, or wierd. When gay people first started coming out of the closet, they were seen as strange, unusual, and diseased. Thus, the word "queer" began denoting someone who is gay, lesbian, transgendered, or bisexual. Recently, it has been adopted by many people in the LGBT commnunity as an acceptable umbrella term. However, not all people are comfortable using it.

 [ "queer" ]

1: It only means "odd". A lot of people think it means "fag" or "gay", but it really doesn't. People need to get their fucking facts straight before they go off and use a word.

  * e.g.,  ... It's December, but warm outside. That's queer.