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- noun Plural form of
queer . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
queer .
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Examples
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Bark Bark Woof Woof says blaming the queers is the latest witch hunt. blogAmY is undergoing maintenance, so visit their other site. bloggg barely tolerates tourists.
October 2006 2006
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Only a small percentage of the population are fags and the appeal of the effeminate Obama to queers is also obvious enough.
Oprah Says It's Time to Say Goodbye to Chicago | Final Show September 9, 2011 2009
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"You despise deviates — isn't that what you call queers?
King Rat Clavell, James, 1924- 1962
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Is it okay for gays to now be referred to as queers because a few guys on TV use it?
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Is it okay for gays to now be referred to as queers because a few guys on TV use it?
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Some nonconformists in the '60s called themselves "freaks" in the same way that some gay people call themselves "queers" - claiming and negating the insult.
CounterPunch 2009
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Some nonconformists in the '60s called themselves "freaks" in the same way that some gay people call themselves "queers" - claiming and negating the insult.
CounterPunch 2009
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"of those magnificent beasts as 'queers' - Oh, God!"
Shakesville Melissa McEwan 2010
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To think, he wrote, "of those magnificent beasts as 'queers' - Oh, God!" "
Feministe Jill 2010
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After a jibe about "queers", he asks: how can you object to the deployment of Mark Kennedy when you famously sent your man Ian Cobain to infiltrate our fine organisation?
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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