Meanings
nounhetness (uncountable)
- informaluncountableHeterosexuality.
It was an ugly scene with lots of drunk straight white boys busy proving their hetness.
1994 November 4, Purple Tiger, “A Halloween Story”, in soc.bi (Usenet)1 more example
I have been accused of ‘flaunting’ my hetness on this blog. Why? Cause I mention it? And I mention it because it’s a big part of who I am and, unlike in the big bad reactionary world, straightness is not presumed amongst kinky women. Bi is, like, the default.
2008 March 18, “On Being Straight”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary
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