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To: InvisibleChurch
Main Entry: 1queer
Pronunciation: 'kwir
Function: adjective
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1508
1 a : WORTHLESS, COUNTERFEIT <queer money> b : QUESTIONABLE, SUSPICIOUS
2 a : differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal b (1) : ECCENTRIC, UNCONVENTIONAL (2) : mildly insane : TOUCHED c : absorbed or interested to an extreme or unreasonable degree : OBSESSED d usually disparaging : HOMOSEXUAL
3 : not quite well
synonym see STRANGE
- queer·ish /-ish/ adjective
- queer·ly adverb
- queer·ness noun
14 posted on 05/15/2003 12:29:09 PM PDT by ALS
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To: ALS
Based on that definition, I would have to say that this is a very queer poll indeed.
84 posted on 05/15/2003 3:00:30 PM PDT by weegee (NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
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