queer
noun/kwɪə(r)/
/kwɪr/
(taboo, offensive, slang)- an offensive word for a gay person, especially a man, which is, however, also used by some gay people about themselvesWord Originearly 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.
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