Queerspeak

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality. uncountable

    "We should drop newspeak in favor of queerspeak: the ways different gay men and lesbians really communicate. Stories fashioned after journal entries, letters to friends, conversations."

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"We should drop newspeak in favor of queerspeak: the ways different gay men and lesbians really communicate. Stories fashioned after journal entries, letters to friends, conversations."

Etymology

From queer + -speak.

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