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/kwir/
adjective
  1. strange; odd.
    "she had a queer feeling that they were being watched"
    synonyms: odd, strange, unusual, funny, peculiar, curious, bizarre, weird, outlandish, eccentric, unconventional, unorthodox, uncanny, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, untypical, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, incongruous, uncommon, irregular, outré, offbeat, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish, suspicious, dubious, questionable, eerie, unnatural, unco, fishy, creepy, spooky, freaky, rum, off the wall, bizarro, suspect, doubtful, murky, dark, criminal, dishonest, corrupt, nefarious, crafty, deceitful, shifty, underhand, dishonorable, unscrupulous, unprincipled, fraudulent, illegal, unlawful, shady, bent
  2. denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms.
    "queer geek culture has featured gay themes since the 1980s"
    synonyms: gay, homosexual, lesbian, lesbigay, LGBT, LGBTQ, GLBT, homophile, Uranian

noun
a gay man.

verb
spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation).
"Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute"
synonyms: spoil, damage, impair, harm, be detrimental to, mar, wreck, destroy, devastate, smash, shatter, scupper, scotch, disrupt, undo, thwart, hinder, foil, ruin, blight, injure, cripple, hurt, jeopardize, endanger, imperil, threaten, put at risk, undermine, prejudice, be prejudicial to, be disadvantageous to, play havoc with, be deleterious to, compromise, botch, blow, put the kibosh on

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Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender. Originally meaning 'strange' or 'peculiar', queer came to be used pejoratively against LGBT people in the late 19th century. Wikipedia
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Queer people who are attracted to multiple genders often face erasure of their sexuality when they begin a monogamous relationship or a marriage.
adjective · differing from the normal or usual in a way regarded as odd or strange · suspicious, dubious, or shady · faint, giddy, or queasy · informal.
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Queer is a word that describes sexual and gender identities other than straight and cisgender.
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