I hear this a lot.. but i never really understood it. Can anyone explain please?
2006-11-11 19:33:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
The original term was "qu.eer as a two dollar bill" and didn't have anything to do with gay people at all.
TWO dollar bills were once used in horse racing bets, at two dollar windows. The $2 bill wasn't widely used outside of betting, and often shunned for that reason. They were seldom seen and became an oddity, or "qu.eer"
It soon became associated with gay people to mean it couldn't be more obvious he was gay. Two dollar bill became three dollar bill after the $2 dollar bill was removed from circulation for a few years, and the phrase had no longer been used referring to odd denomination used at horse tracks.
2006-11-12 00:22:11 · answer #1 · answered by imaginary friend 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Couple of folks got it right about being "queer as $2 (or3) bill" and something that started with betting.
Just meant odd or weird.
In the 70s became "gay as a $3 bill" when it was used in a movie (sorry I forget what it was) as a joke.
Not sure I added much, but quite a few seem to nly tell you what the complete phrase was, not what it meant or started.
2006-11-12 02:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Langtry 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The expression was "queer as $3 bill" not "gay" and it meant weird or unusual and had nothing to do with gays.
other answer explains it better than i can, but wanted to say that i heard the exact same thing.
2006-11-12 00:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by jack b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term is " queer as a three dollar bill" The term derives from the old word for counterfiet money , it was called "queer money"
and at one time a counterfeiter actually printed up some three dollar bills to see if people would take them.
2006-11-12 07:37:31 · answer #4 · answered by georgeewert 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They saying was supposed to be "queer as a 3 dollar bill" meaning strange and obviously not right!
I do take offense to this saying cause I think wrong or right is a judgment and I don't judge
2006-11-11 19:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by admiredi 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've heard the expression "as queer as a three dollar bill" but never that one....sounds like it's the same though...
2006-11-11 19:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
the statement is:
gay as a 3 dollar bill.
haven't ever heard it as a 1 dollar bill.
2006-11-11 21:07:05 · answer #7 · answered by john john 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i believ you mean queer as a three dollar bill, its a derogatory phrase meaning gay people are not legit there is no such thing as a three dollar bill.
2006-11-11 22:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, all my gay friends are worth a lot more than that, must be some homophobes paranoia lingo..... better avoid it or you might catch stupidity!
2006-11-11 19:38:32 · answer #9 · answered by electricfemale 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it means that it's very obvious, that someone is gay.
2006-11-11 19:35:44 · answer #10 · answered by Dianne 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋