Gaydar

//ˈɡeɪdɑː//

"Gaydar" in a Sentence (10 examples)

Skura needs to turn on her gaydar.

"Yanni is very handsome, isn't he?" "You should turn your gaydar on, Skura."

Rima has a gaydar.

Rima has a good and reliable gaydar.

Where was Rima's gaydar when she started dating Ziri?

This is not your Hallmark in Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there … no radar like gaydar, I always say.

When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking. "Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!

"I dunno. He's carried this one on since Halloween. I'm starting to think the lie was actually the 'straight guy role'. I may have a crappy gaydar, but having faked heterosexuality before, I feel like I should be able to recognize it."

The research, which went viral this week, used a sample of online dating photos, limited only to white users, to demonstrate that an algorithm could correctly distinguish between gay and straight men 81% of the time and 74% for women, suggesting machines can potentially have much better "gaydar" than humans.

Dr. Lillihammer started to walk past her, but stopped directly in front of her. Inches apart, they stared at each other. Sizing the other woman up, doing a little consulting of their gaydars. Heather felt Lillian's breath on her cheek and tried not to visibly let the shiver go down her spine.

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