Tenderqueer

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An LGBT+ person with a gentle, sensitive, openly emotional disposition, particularly when cultivated as an insincere or self-serving affectation. derogatory, often, slang

    "Carrying your comfort with you is protection for the sweetly sensitive bull. You're a tenderqueer of few words, and you always make them count."

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"Carrying your comfort with you is protection for the sweetly sensitive bull. You're a tenderqueer of few words, and you always make them count."

Etymology

From tender + queer, as a play on genderqueer.

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