boxiness

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noun

The condition of being boxy

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Meanings

nounboxiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition of being boxy
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    Instead of the widely sexual beings we have the potential to be, we've been put (and put ourselves) into increasingly shrinking sexual categories. We are brought up to be "homosexual" or "heterosexual." As homosexuals, many of us become "leather queens," "bottoms" or "tops," "chicken queens," "dinge queens," etc. This boxiness makes us more isolated, seemingly foreign, highly specialized and limited sexual beings.

    1981 August 8, Bob Collins, “The New Normals”, in Gay Community News, page 5

Origin

From boxy + -ness.

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APA

boxiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxiness

MLA

“boxiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxiness.

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