Gaydarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of gay +‎ radar, equivalent to gay +‎ -dar.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡeɪdɑː/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡeɪˌdɑɹ/
• 韻: -eɪdɑː(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: gay‧dar

名詞

gaydar (countable and uncountable, plural gaydars)

1. (LGBTQ slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc. [from early 1980s]
   • 1982 July 15, Gloria Goodqueen, “What’s in a card”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume XII, number 28, San Francisco, Calif.: Benro Enterprises, →OCLC, page 7, column 1:

     This is not your Hallmark in Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there … no radar like gaydar, I always say.

   • 1996, Judy Carter, “Step 3: Find Another Homo”, in The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo, New York, N.Y.: Fireside Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 51:

     When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking. "Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!

   • 2013 May 12, Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick, “Comic 368 – January Girls”, in Rain‎ (webcomic), archived from the original on 8 December 2022:

     "I dunno. He's carried this one on since Halloween. I'm starting to think the lie was actually the 'straight guy role'. I may have a crappy gaydar, but having faked heterosexuality before, I feel like I should be able to recognize it."

   • 2017 September 9, Sam Levin, “LGBT groups denounce ‘dangerous’ AI that uses your face to guess sexuality”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 April 2023:

     The research, which went viral this week, used a sample of online dating photos, limited only to white users, to demonstrate that an algorithm could correctly distinguish between gay and straight men 81% of the time and 74% for women, suggesting machines can potentially have much better "gaydar" than humans.

   • 2024 February 25, Queerious, “The Deadname Meme”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 2 September 2024:

     Dr. Lillihammer started to walk past her, but stopped directly in front of her. Inches apart, they stared at each other. Sizing the other woman up, doing a little consulting of their gaydars. Heather felt Lillian's breath on her cheek and tried not to visibly let the shiver go down her spine.

別の表記

• gay-dar

上位語

• queerdar

下位語

• bidar, BiFi
• dykedar
• lesdar
• transdar

等位語

• straightdar

派生語

• -dar

参照

Further reading

• gaydar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gaydar n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

アナグラム

• Ardgay, rag day