werq

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A form of work — Labour, occupation, job.

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Meanings

nounwerq (countable and uncountable, plural werqs)

plural werqs

  1. alternativecountableuncountableLGBTQ slangAlternative form of work.

    […]having that werq seen, felt, or heard is a power-generating praxis, a force displacement in and over time, that arises from Black queer and Black trans culture, performance, and politics and through the re/production of Black trans social life.

    2022 July 12, Susan Stryker, Dylan McCarthy Blackston, The Transgender Studies Reader Remix, →ISBN
verbwerq (third-person singular simple present werqs, present participle werqing, simple past and past participle werqed)

present singular third person werqs · participle present werqing · participle past werqed · past werqed

  1. alternativeLGBTQ slangAlternative form of work.

    Werqing it is a relational gesture of world-making at the spatial scale of both the body and the community that aligns sender and receiver in a momentary network of fleshly recognition.

    2022 July 12, Susan Stryker, Dylan McCarthy Blackston, The Transgender Studies Reader Remix, →ISBN

Origin

Compare werk, and see work.

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Cite this entry
APA

werq. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/werq

MLA

“werq.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/werq. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “werq,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/werq.

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