homocuriousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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homocurious (comparative more homocurious, superlative most homocurious)

1. Questioning whether someone is homosexual.
   • 2008, Lauren McLaughlin, Cycler, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 132:

     Yes, I am the subject of homocurious speculation because of my association with Tommy "the gay" Knutson.

   • 2015, Joshua Gamson, “My New Kentucky Baby”, in Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 164:

     Unfamiliar heads popped in and out, sometimes with some excuse to check on us, sometimes without. Not homophobia but a kind of homocurious buzz was swirling around us, turning us into objects of gossip but also of generosity and attention.

   • 2019, Laurie Stone, “Was It Good for You?”, in The Women's Review of Books, volume 36, number 2, Wellesley, M.A.: Wellesley College, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 3:

     A girl gets raped, oh yeah, that happens. A guy gets penetrated, even though he asks for it, well that spurred all kinds of anxious and titillated homocurious responses.

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