straight-wash

A form of straightwash — To interpret or present a queer figure, relationship, or situation as exclusively heterosexual.

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Meanings

verbstraight-wash (third-person singular simple present straight-washes, present participle straight-washing, simple past and past participle straight-washed)

present singular third person straight-washes · participle present straight-washing · participle past straight-washed · past straight-washed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of straightwash.

    The promotional tweet also features the words “A romance overwhelming in its intensity, a heart that swells until it has to burst,” which many have taken as an attempt to ‘straight-wash’ the movie’s predominant same-sex romance.

    2017 November 8, Daniel Megarry, “Sony slammed for ‘straight-washing’ gay romance Call Me By Your Name”, in Gay Times, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2023
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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