| 单词 | closet queen |
| 释义 | > as lemmascloset queen closet queen n. slang a homosexual man who conceals or denies his sexuality; cf. sense B. 3.Suggested currency in graffiti dating from 1959 (see J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 438/1) has not been verified. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male > who conceals or denies sexuality closet queen1963 1963 L. Jones Moderns 299 He and later his friend (the music teacher) Freddy. A ‘closet queen’. 1977 C. A. B. Warren & B. Ponse in J. D. Douglas & J. M. Johnson Existential Sociol. 304 A closet queen for the overt community is one who will not admit gayness to straight audiences; for the secret community, it refers to one who will not affiliate with the gay community for fear of stigmatization. 1984 Mail on Sunday 2 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 28/2 His colleagues' retort is that Jimmy is a closet queen because he doesn't live with a woman. 2002 J. James Andrew & Joey 36 He's the quietest little man in the world... I think he's actually a closet queen. < as lemmas |
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