Q-slur

plural Q-slurs · alternative Q slur

1. euphemisticThe word queer, especially when used disparagingly.

   [C]onfessions with slurs aren’t allowed. [T]his includes the q-slur too just in case.

   (Can we date this quote?), “the rules and guidelines”, in Dirty Pokémon Confessions (Tumblr)

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   The Q-slur as a concept tactily reinforces heteronormativity by casting LGBTA people as inherently "strange." In "No Big Deal" representation, the word should be avoided. Normalizing LGBTA people and the Q-Slur are like oil and water and don't go together.

   2020 November 15, Lily Orchard, “Simple Writing Tips: a Thread (archived screenshots)”, in Twitter

   What had been a reclaimed word with overt political meaning (see ACT UP’s usage) and also deep ties to academia (see “queer theory”) had become “the q slur”.

   2019, Aleks Schmidt, The Edge of Sex, →ISBN

   Another personal quibble I had: the use of the q-slur as a blanket term. So, sure, reclaim it for yourself, but I hate having to read it as a blanket term. It's actually started making me feel sick seeing it so, that wasn't fun when it showed up in this book.

   2019 January 12, Review by user “charlotte,”, “Anger Is a Gift”, in Goodreads

present singular third person Q-slurs · participle present Q-slurring · participle past Q-slurred · past Q-slurred · alternative Q slur

1. euphemisticto call someone the Q-slur