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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{blend|en|gay|radar}}.<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=n|id=247143|date=December 2022|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref>
{{blend|en|gay|radar}}, equivalent to {{suf|en|gay|dar}}.<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=n|id=247143|date=December 2022|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref>


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/ˈɡeɪdɑː/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡeɪdɑː/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-gaydar.wav|Audio (RP)}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-gaydar.wav|a=RP}}
* {{a|GA}} {{IPA|en|/ˈɡeɪˌdɑɹ/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡeɪˌdɑɹ/|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|gay|dar}}
* {{hyphenation|en|gay|dar}}


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{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|~}}


# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[supposed#Adjective|supposed]] [[ability]] to [[detect]] whether or not a [[person#Noun|person]] is [[gay#Adjective|gay]] by [[observe#Verb|observing]] that person's [[appearance]], [[mannerism]]s, etc. {{defdate|from early 1980s}}
# {{lb|en|LGBTQ slang}} The [[supposed#Adjective|supposed]] [[ability]] to [[detect]] whether or not a [[person#Noun|person]] is [[gay#Adjective|gay]] by [[observe#Verb|observing]] that person's [[appearance]], [[mannerism]]s, etc. {{defdate|from early 1980s}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Gloria Goodqueen|title=What’s in a card|newspaper={{w|Bay Area Reporter}}|location=San Francisco, Calif.|publisher=Benro Enterprises|date=15 July 1982|volume=XII|number=28|page=7|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/BAR_19820715/page/n6/mode/1up|column=1|oclc=1024043084|passage=This is not your Hallmark in Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there&nbsp;… no radar like '''gaydar''', I always say.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Gloria Goodqueen|title=What’s in a card|newspaper=w:Bay Area Reporter|location=San Francisco, Calif.|publisher=Benro Enterprises|date=15 July 1982|volume=XII|number=28|page=7|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/BAR_19820715/page/n6/mode/1up|column=1|oclc=1024043084|passage=This is not your Hallmark in Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there&nbsp;… no radar like '''gaydar''', I always say.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Judy Carter|authorlink=Judy Carter|chapter=Step 3: Find Another Homo|title=[[w:The Homo Handbook|The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo]]|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Fireside Books, {{w|Simon & Schuster}}|year=1996|page=51|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/homohandbookgett00cart/page/51/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-684-81358-5|passage=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. "{{w|Helen Hunt}} is gay!" Dream on, girl!}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Judy Carter|chapter=Step 3: Find Another Homo|title=[[w:The Homo Handbook|The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo]]|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Fireside Books, {{w|Simon & Schuster}}|year=1996|page=51|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/homohandbookgett00cart/page/51/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-684-81358-5|passage=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. "{{w|Helen Hunt}} is gay!" Dream on, girl!}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick|title=Comic 368 – January Girls|work=[[w:Rain (webcomic)|Rain]]|format=webcomic|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208064256/https://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/368/|date=12 May 2013|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick|title=Comic 368 – January Girls|work=[[w:Rain (webcomic)|Rain]]|format=webcomic|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208064256/https://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/368/|date=12 May 2013|passage="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."}}
#* {{RQ:Guardian|author=Sam Levin|title=LGBT groups denounce ‘dangerous’ AI that uses your face to guess sexuality|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429044416/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/08/ai-gay-gaydar-algorithm-facial-recognition-criticism-stanford|date=9 September 2017|passage=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.}}
#* {{RQ:Guardian|author=Sam Levin|title=LGBT groups denounce ‘dangerous’ AI that uses your face to guess sexuality|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429044416/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/08/ai-gay-gaydar-algorithm-facial-recognition-criticism-stanford|date=9 September 2017|passage=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.}}


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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|homotutka}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|homotutka}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gaydar|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gaydar|m}}
* Galician: {{t-needed|gl}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|gaydar}}
* German: {{t|de|Gaydar|n}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gaydar|m}}, {{g|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גיידאר}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גיידאר}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|gaydar}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|gaydar}}
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|ゲイダー|tr=geidā}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ゲイダー|tr=geidā}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|게이다}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|게이다}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ге́јдар|m}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|گی‌دار}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|گی‌دار}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gaydar|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gaydar|m}}
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aadgry|rag day}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aadgry|Ardgay|rag day}}


⚫
{{C|en|LGBT}}
[[Category:English terms suffixed with -dar]]
[[Category:en:LGBT]]


==Danish==
==Danish==
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{{da-noun}}
{{da-noun}}


# [[gaydar]]
# {{l|en|gaydar}}
#* {{quote-book|da|year=2017|author=Endre Lund Eriksen|title=Den sommer far blev homo|publisher=Gyldendal A/S|isbn=9788702222081
#* {{quote-book|da|year=2017|author=Endre Lund Eriksen|title=Den sommer far blev homo|publisher=Gyldendal A/S|isbn=9788702222081
|passage=Men Indiane påstod, at hendes far havde noget, de kaldte en '''gaydar'''. En slags indbygget radar, som fortalte ham, hvem der var bøsser, og hvem der ikke var.
|passage=Men Indiane påstod, at hendes far havde noget, de kaldte en '''gaydar'''. En slags indbygget radar, som fortalte ham, hvem der var bøsser, og hvem der ikke var.
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* {{l|da|bøsseradar}}
* {{l|da|bøsseradar}}


[[Category:da:LGBT]]
{{C|da|LGBT}}


==Dutch==
==Dutch==
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-gaydar.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-gaydar.ogg}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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==Portuguese==
==Portuguese==
{{wp|lang=pt}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|gaydar}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=guei.darh}}
* {{rhyme|pt|aʁ|s=}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|-}}
{{pt-noun|m}}


# {{l|en|gaydar}} {{gloss|ability to detect whether a person is gay}}
# {{lb|pt|LGBT|humorous}} {{l|en|gaydar}} {{gloss|ability to detect whether a person is gay}}


====Quotations====
====Quotations====
{{seeCites|pt}}
{{seeCites|pt}}

⚫
{{C|pt|LGBT}}

Revision as of 05:15, 2 September 2024

Englisch

WOTD – 28 June 2023

Etymology

Blend of gay +‎ radar, equivalent to gay +‎ -dar.[1]

Pronunciation

Nomen

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[1] (webcomic), archived from the original on 2022-12-08:
      "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[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-29:
      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.

Alternative forms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ "gaydar, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “gaydar, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Anagrams

Dänisch

Etymology

Borrowed from English gaydar.

Nomen

gaydar

  1. gaydar
    • 2017, Endre Lund Eriksen, Den sommer far blev homo, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Men Indiane påstod, at hendes far havde noget, de kaldte en gaydar. En slags indbygget radar, som fortalte ham, hvem der var bøsser, og hvem der ikke var.
      But Indiane claimed that her father had something they called a gaydar. A sort of built-in radar who told him who were gay, and who were not.
    • 2012, Søren Vejby, Upcoming, Art People, →ISBN, page 2:
      Jeg er nemlig udstyret med en gaydar, og den bippede i hvert fald ikke, da vi kyssede til festen.
      For I am equipped with a gaydar, and it certainly did not beep when we kissed at the party.
    • 2015, Anne Holt, anonymous translator, Sudden death, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Desuden kan også gaydarer tage fejl.
      Besides, gaydars, too, can be wrong.

Declension

Declension of gaydar
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gaydar gaydaren gaydarer gaydarerne
genitive gaydars gaydarens gaydarers gaydarernes

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

From English gaydar.

Pronunciation

Nomen

gaydar m (plural gaydars, diminutive gaydartje n)

  1. gaydar

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gaydar.

Pronunciation

 

Nomen

gaydar m (plural gaydares)

  1. (LGBT, humorous) gaydar (ability to detect whether a person is gay)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gaydar.

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