bidar

English

Etymology

bi +‎ -dar, after the pattern of gaydar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪdɑɹ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪdɑː(ɹ)

Noun

bidar (plural bidars)

1. (slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is bisexual by observing that person.
   • 1999 October 22, Kay Dekker, “Re: crush server redux”, in soc.bi‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Though I _think_ he's straight: but then my bidar isn't always running at 100%.

   • 2006, Nicole Krista, Mike Szymanski, The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe: Quips, Tips, and Lists for Those Who Go Both Ways, Alyson Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 131:

     Bi people hang in straight places a lot, and given that you are also bi, they will probably stand out to you in an indescribable, nonverbal way. And that, my friend, is bidar.

   • 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution‎^[2], Seal Press, published 2013, →ISBN:

     Of course, not all bisexuals are recognizable, and many will easily defy the bidar, whereas others will appear to be bisexuals without actually identifying as bi.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bidar.

Hypernyms

• queerdar

Anagrams

• Baird, Bardi, braid, rabid

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-Germanic *wiþer (“against”). Cognate with German wider, wieder, English wither.

Adverb

bidar

1. (Sette Comuni) against

   bor un bidar ― for and against

2. (Luserna) again

   Haüt moche bidar gian vort. ― Today I have to leave again.

Derived terms

• ambìdar

References

• “bidar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Swedish

Verb

bidar

1. present indicative of bida