Queerantine

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic. countable, humorous, uncountable

    "Or, as another user put it in a post that invited members to a WhatsApp chat: “JOIN US IN QUEERANTINE. Self isolation need not be so lonely.”"

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"Or, as another user put it in a post that invited members to a WhatsApp chat: “JOIN US IN QUEERANTINE. Self isolation need not be so lonely.”"

Etymology

Blend of queer + quarantine.

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