by red_baron1986 July 4, 2017

A term used for anyone who is named Gabriel that drives a raggedy ass Tacoma that the subs are worth more than his Ride
by Jefg8r April 17, 2022

When delusional people in fandoms want to say "I'm butthurt my favorite pairing didn't happen", but they want to sound noble while saying so.
"I can't believe those two didn't end up together after so much teasing!"
"They barely even talked to each other-"
"QUEER BAITING!!!"
"They barely even talked to each other-"
"QUEER BAITING!!!"
by evilton March 7, 2017

A word that used to mean 'gay or lesbian', probably excluding bisexual and pansexual people. Nowadays it's a catch all term used to mean 'transgender, nonbinary or gender nonconforming'. Personally I do not like the widespread use of this term because transgenderism and gender conformity are both issues that are important enough to be treated separately, even though they can of course intersect. It's a bit like having a catch-all phrase that means 'woman or black person or both'. Also encourages gender essentialist thinking which is a problem on the modern 'left'.
Person A) Bob is queer.
Person B) Does that mean Bob is transgender, or gender nonconforming, or both?
Person A) I don't know.
Person B) Does that mean Bob is transgender, or gender nonconforming, or both?
Person A) I don't know.
by megafapper1995 October 21, 2020

when the gay pals pressure you into queering it up, by getting really short bangs or a septum ring, for example.
by barbiemademegay January 15, 2024

by KurwaBobber June 4, 2024

The widespread fan observance of a fanon queer (relation)ship as part of an accepted body of work in a piece of media due to an a priori assumption that the characters within the fanon (relation)ship are or will be confirmed queer and circular argumentation where the inevitability/conclusion of the (relation)ship is assumed as true, often to convince or mislead a non-viewing audience that the show includes and delivers on queer representation.
Queer-leading is done in place of providing or supporting actualized queer representation in media and often leads to the phenomenon where individuals begin engaging with a piece of media expecting queer representation and then get disappointed when media that never promised queer representation fails to deliver on that representation.
Queer-leading is done in place of providing or supporting actualized queer representation in media and often leads to the phenomenon where individuals begin engaging with a piece of media expecting queer representation and then get disappointed when media that never promised queer representation fails to deliver on that representation.
Person 1: "I can't believe ABC's 9-1-1 keeps queerbaiting us! How can it give us bi-Buck, but not canon buddie?"
Person 2: "Girl, that's not queerbaiting; it's queer-leading. 9-1-1 and ABC never promised canon buddie; fans on Twitter just misled you into thinking it was endgame."
Person 2: "Girl, that's not queerbaiting; it's queer-leading. 9-1-1 and ABC never promised canon buddie; fans on Twitter just misled you into thinking it was endgame."
by YourMomIsAPsyop June 28, 2024
