queerbait
Meanings
noun
- A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.
verb
- To engage in queerbaiting (creating homoerotic tension, but not developing it, in a narrative work to reel in an LGBT audience).
- To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance political ends against them.
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Etymology
From queer + bait (“something that allures”).
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