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skeiv — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bender noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  • family noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  • queer adj Relating to a sexual orientation or gender identity that isn't exclusively heterosexual or cisgender; used both as a reclaimed identity term and, historically, as a slur.

Senses

skeiv is used for these senses in English:

  • bender (chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • family (gay slang) Homosexual.
  • queer (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
  • queer (broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]

bender — full definition

  1. noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  2. noun A tool or machine used to bend material such as pipe or metal.

family — full definition

  1. noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  2. noun A group of related things classified together, such as a category in biology or a set of related languages.
  3. adjective Suitable for both children and adults.

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