queerbait

queer +‎ bait

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queerbait (uncountable)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.
   • 1994, James Lee Burke, Dixie City Jam:

     A couple of them are UNO pukes; the others are just ugly and stupid or probably latent queerbait themselves. Anyway, they're always on the prowl for fresh meat down in the Quarter.

   • 2003, Robin Tamblyn, King of Hollywood, page 44:

     “Cause you'd fuck anything, wouldn't you, queerbait, you little queer. I bet you've even fucked your own father!” Stunned silence at this.

   • 2005, Josh Emmons, The loss of Leon Meed:

     A fucking stranger had come between them and now here was a flaming queerbait ruining his chances for a sale.

• gaybait

queerbait (third-person singular simple present queerbaits, present participle queerbaiting, simple past and past participle queerbaited)

1. (LGBT, fandom slang) To create 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, mostly as a way of reeling in an LGBT audience.

• queerbaity

• shipbait