2007-02-03 05:18:05 · 14 answers · asked by stang girl 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well, it means odd, uncommon, or peculiar. And, "Gay" means happy. Those two words have also become slang for homosexuality.
2007-02-03 05:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
adj. queer·er, queer·est
1. Deviating from the expected or normal; strange: a queer situation.
2. Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. See Synonyms at strange.
3. Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious.
4. Slang Fake; counterfeit.
5. Feeling slightly ill; queasy.
6. Offensive Slang Homosexual.
7. Usage Problem Of or relating to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, or transgendered people.
n.
1. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual person.
2. Usage Problem A lesbian, gay male, bisexual, or transgendered person.
2007-02-03 13:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by chkn_fur 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
–adjective 1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
2. of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: Something queer about the language of the prospectus kept investors away.
3. not feeling physically right or well; giddy, faint, or qualmish: to feel queer.
4. mentally unbalanced or deranged.
5. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a. homosexual.
b. effeminate; unmanly.
6. Slang. bad, worthless, or counterfeit.
–verb (used with object) 7. to spoil; ruin.
8. to put (a person) in a hopeless or disadvantageous situation as to success, favor, etc.
9. to jeopardize.
–noun 10. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a homosexual, esp. a male homosexual.
11. Slang. counterfeit money.
—Idiom12. queer the pitch, British Informal. to spoil the chances of success.
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[Origin: 1500–10; perh. < G quer oblique, cross, adverse]
—Related forms
queerly, adverb
queerness, noun
—Synonyms 1. unconventional, curious, freakish, eccentric, weird. See strange.
—Antonyms 1. ordinary.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
2007-02-03 13:22:10 · answer #3 · answered by revdauphinee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
queer actually means strange, but its used to describe a moronic or homosexual person.
2007-02-03 13:21:06 · answer #4 · answered by lynnthelycan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Strange or odd.
It is also used sometimes as a name for homosexual people.
2007-02-03 13:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by Bronwen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ever heard of a dictionary?
2007-02-03 13:20:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
strange, weird
2007-02-03 18:12:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unique, different, not normal...
2007-02-03 13:27:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
weird, unusual or in american slang it is gay
2007-02-03 13:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by winston 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
odd, strange or homosexual
2007-02-03 13:21:59 · answer #10 · answered by Gargirl™® 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋