gaydar
English
Alternative forms
- gay-dar
Etymology
Blend of gay + radar, early 1980s.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.dɑɹ/
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
gaydar (countable and uncountable, plural gaydars)
- (colloquial) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person.
- 1996, Judy Carter, The Homo Handbook:
- When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking.
"Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!
- 2013 May 12, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 368 - January Girls:
- "I dunno. He's carried this one on since Halloween. I'm starting to think the lie was actually the 'straight guy' role. I may have a crappy gaydar, but having faked heterosexuality before, I feel like I should be able to recognize it."
- 2017 September 9, Sam Levin, “LGBT groups denounce 'dangerous' AI that uses your face to guess sexuality”, in the Guardian, retrieved 2022-04-21:
- […] to demonstrate that an algorithm could correctly distinguish between gay and straight men 81% of the time and 74% for women, suggesting machines can potentially have much better "gaydar" than humans.
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Hypernyms
- queerdar
Hyponyms
- dykedar, lesdar
Derived terms
- -dar
Translations
ability to detect if a person is gay
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See also
- nigdar
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2023), “gaydar n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Anagrams
- rag day
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gaydar.
Noun
gaydar
- gaydar
- 2017, Endre Lund Eriksen, Den sommer far blev homo, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Men Indiane påstod, at hendes far havde noget, de kaldte en gaydar. En slags indbygget radar, som fortalte ham, hvem der var bøsser, og hvem der ikke var.
- But Indiane claimed that her father had something they called a gaydar. A sort of built-in radar who told him who were gay, and who were not.
- 2012, Søren Vejby, Upcoming, Art People, →ISBN, page 2:
- Jeg er nemlig udstyret med en gaydar, og den bippede i hvert fald ikke, da vi kyssede til festen.
- For I am equipped with a gaydar, and it certainly did not beep when we kissed at the party.
- 2015, Anne Holt, anonymous, transl., Sudden death, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Desuden kan også gaydarer tage fejl.
- Besides, gaydars, too, can be wrong.
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Declension
Declension of gaydar
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gaydar | gaydaren | gaydarer | gaydarerne |
| genitive | gaydars | gaydarens | gaydarers | gaydarernes |
Synonyms
- bøsseradar
Dutch
Etymology
From English gaydar.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
gaydar m (plural gaydars, diminutive gaydartje n)
- gaydar
Portuguese
Noun
gaydar m (uncountable)
- gaydar (ability to detect whether a person is gay)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gaydar.