queer
adjective
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beyond or deviating from the usual or expected“I thought that my boss was strange, but then I met my friend's queer boss and I realized that I had it good.”
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homosexual or arousing homosexual desires“I wonder how diverse the queer community is in the city?”
noun
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a homosexual man“Do people often discriminate against people who the believe are queer?”
verb
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to put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position“Throughout the game of chess my opponent kept queering me.”
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to hinder or prevent the efforts, plans, or desires of“Should the government queer the advocate's attempts once more a rebellion will probably break out.”
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to complicate or reframe the analytical categories of, through an analysis of gender, sexuality, and their related power dynamics“Their newly published book queers the discourse on prisons.”