Meanings
- informalpluralplural onlyStraight (heterosexual) people.
turning down one sheet / in our little room / while down below / the straightfolk come and go / looking for stray sons after dark.
1994, Thomas O'Neil, Sex with God, page 452 more examples
Here is a story for you, Straightfolk of Straightworld: In May 1895, the great writer Oscar Wilde was put on trial in London for the crime of sexual indecency with other men.
2015 February 26, “The hart”, in Arkansas TimesThis ancient idea that the most "universal" (or, cough, American) story is one contingent on the problems of wealthy white, cis, straightfolk is very much still alive and thriving.
2019 September 16, Joshua Young, “In the Spotlight with The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Group”, in The Brooklyn RailAntonyms: gayfolk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounStraight (heterosexual) people.
Origin
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