Collocations for "queer"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "queer" in context.
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queer
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- dated: a queer [character, old man, person, figure, individual]
- a queer [notion, idea, thought, theory, concept]
- a (rather) queer way to [act, respond, stop]
- there's something queer [in, with, about]
- something queer about the [wording, decision, new rule]
- something queer about the way she [talks, acts, dresses]
- [have, get] a queer [feeling, sensation]
- dated: feeling (a bit) queer after the [meal, exercise, shock]
- UK: there's nowt so queer as folk
- [fight, work, protest] for queer rights
- the queer [culture, community]
- potentially offensive: a queer [bar, person, parade]
- offensive, UK: he's as queer as a three-dollar bill
- proud to be a queer
- offensive: don't be such a queer!
- offensive: stop acting like a queer!
- offensive: thought his [brother, friend] was a queer
- queers and transgender people
- is prejudiced against queers
- UK: queered the [deal, speech, surprise, party, prospects]
- UK: queered his [prospects] for [promotion, a new job]
- UK: [the price, his colleague, objectors] queered the [deal]
- UK: queer the pitch