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
- noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
- noun A tool or machine used to bend material such as pipe or metal.
family — full definition
- noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
- noun A group of related things classified together, such as a category in biology or a set of related languages.
- adjective Suitable for both children and adults.