queerspeak

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noun

The style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.

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Meanings

nounqueerspeak (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.

    We should drop newspeak in favor of queerspeak: the ways different gay men and lesbians really communicate. Stories fashioned after journal entries, letters to friends, conversations.

    1986 December 7, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Just the Facts, Miss Thing”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 11

Origin

From queer + -speak.

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APA

queerspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queerspeak

MLA

“queerspeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queerspeak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queerspeak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queerspeak.

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