straightsplain
English
verb
Definitions
- (colloquial) To explain LGBT issues, people or behavior to someone who is not of a heterosexual orientation (i.e. an LGBT individual) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.
Etymology
Suffix from English straight.
Origin
English
straight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antistraight English
- backstraight English
- nonstraight English
- quasistraight English
- straight English
- straightdar English
- straighten English
- straightface English
- straightfolk English
- straightforth English
- straightforward English
- straighthood English
- straighthorn English
- straightish English
- straightly English
- straightness English
- straightwash English
- straightway English
- straightwise English
- straighty English
- unstraight English
- стрейт Russian
- стрит Russian
- ストレート Japanese
- strit Polish
- streight Middle English
- strejtaš Serbo-Croatian
- סטרייט Hebrew (modern)
- 스트레이트 Korean
- stret Papiamentu
- stret Tok Pisin