queerbait
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Etymology 1 edit
From queer + bait (“something that allures”).
Noun edit
queerbait (uncountable)
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.
- 1994, James Lee Burke, Dixie City Jam:
- A couple of them are UNO pukes; the others are just ugly and stupid or probably latent queerbait themselves. Anyway, they're always on the prowl for fresh meat down in the Quarter.
- 2003, Robin Tamblyn, King of Hollywood, page 44:
- “Cause you'd fuck anything, wouldn't you, queerbait, you little queer. I bet you've even fucked your own father!” Stunned silence at this.
- 2005, Josh Emmons, The loss of Leon Meed:
- A fucking stranger had come between them and now here was a flaming queerbait ruining his chances for a sale.
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Etymology 2 edit
From queer + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Verb edit
queerbait (third-person singular simple present queerbaits, present participle queerbaiting, simple past and past participle queerbaited)
- (LGBT, fandom slang) To create homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality, mostly as a way of reeling in an LGBT audience.
- To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance political ends against them.
- 1980 April 19, Scott Tucker, “Ring That Red Bell”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
- The reasons for red-baiting among gays are more legitimate than reasons for queer-baiting among leftists, because much of the left is imbued with bigotry and certain socialist regimes have been and are oppressive of gays.