queerbait

Fetched 2026-11-03 (live).

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Noun

1. A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.

Verb

1. To engage in queerbaiting (creating homoerotic tension, but not developing it, in a narrative work to reel in an LGBT audience).
2. To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance political ends against them.

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