Definition of gaydar

gaydar

noun

• the ability to distinguish between homosexuals and heterosexuals via observation alone.

  He didn't register on my gaydar, are you sure he's gay?

                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "What does gay look like? Science keeps trying to figure that out", Los Angeles Times, Regina Nuzzo, June 16 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sexuality (related to).

  Last edited on Mar 23 2010. Submitted by Kevyn J. from Manhattan, KS, USA on Jul 07 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'sexuality (related to)':
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
badussy	Definitions include: something that smells very bad.
pipe	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
spank (one's) monkey	Definitions include: to masturbate.
vag	Definitions include: a person who doesn't meet the speaker's notion of cool.
torque it	Definitions include: To frequently masturbate oneself excessively and/or violently.
bobby dangler	Definitions include: penis.
beat it	Definitions include: to masturbate.
onion	Definitions include: an ounce of marijuana.
nut sack	Definitions include: the scrotum.
doggy style	Definitions include: sex in which one person penetrates another from behind, while the penetrated person is on hands and knees.
f*cktoy	Definitions include: a person used solely or mostly for sexual pleasure.
blowjob	Definitions include: fellatio.
tig ol' bitty	Definitions include: a large breast.
whispering eye	Definitions include: female genitalia.
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f*cktoy	Definitions include: a person used solely or mostly for sexual pleasure.
moose	Definitions include: Extremely annoying person; idiot.
whole nine yards, the	Definitions include: the entirety of something.
drag king	Definitions include: a lesbian in male clothing.
go Chernobyl	Definitions include: to become enraged.
smurf	Definitions include: replacement swear word.
same sh*t, different toilet	Definitions include: a remark on the repetitive, boring nature of life.
file 13	Definitions include: Throw something away
hellacious	Definitions include: terrible.
tache	Definitions include: shortened form of "mustache".

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