queerbaiting
English
noun
Definitions
- (LGBT) The practice of creating 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.
Etymology
Compound from English queer + English baiting.
Origin
English
baiting
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quidditch English
- antiqueer English
- baiting English
- bearbaiting English
- bullbaiting English
- genderqueer English
- nonqueer English
- postqueer English
- prebaiting English
- queer English
- queerbait English
- queercore English
- queerdar English
- queerdom English
- queerer English
- queerhood English
- queerification English
- queerify English
- queerish English
- queerism English
- queerization English
- queerize English
- queerlord English
- queerly English
- queerness English
- queerphobia English
- queerphobic English
- queerplatonic English
- queersome English
- queerspawn English
- queerspeak English
- queersploitation English
- rat-baiting English
- scambaiting English
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- kvira Esperanto
- queer
- queerly
- baiting
- queerer
- queerify
- nonqueer
- queerdar
- queerize
- queerish
- queerdom
- queerism
- queersome
- queerness
- queerlord
- queercore
- antiqueer
- Quidditch
- queerhood
- queerbait
- postqueer
- queerspawn
- queerspeak
- prebaiting
- rat-baiting
- queerphobia
- scambaiting
- genderqueer
- queerphobic
- bearbaiting
- bullbaiting
- queerization
- queerplatonic
- queerification
- queersploitation