As a common slang word for homosexual, queer dates from the 1920's. Whether it is a slur or not depends entirely on the speaker's intent. The adjective queer normally means different from expected, arousing suspicion, eccentric; as a slang term it means fake, counterfeit, male homosexual. As a verb, queer means to ruin or thwart ( an enterprise), put (someone) in an awkward or bad position. It derives from a Germanic root meaning perverse, cross.
"manyak," a homosexual slur." The word needs not be a slur, just like queer. It literally means somebody who receives sex, or who is penetrated
No. The word "slur" is not bad unto itself. A slur is a bad thing.
Taking a word which was previously a slur against you and taking control of it yourself *LC CHS 2013 SENIOR BOI (BIG SEAN VOICE)
queer = /kwi:r/
This accusation is a slur on his good name.
The conductor told the bass section that it was very important that they learned to slur their notes.
queer Meaning odd, not in a homophobic way queer Queer
The word for an insulting remark is "slur" or "jab."
The racial slur cost him his job.He was so drunk that he began to slur his words.Be careful not to accidentally make a discriminative slur at the meeting today.
slur
A 'slur' is an insult.
No, it is a slur used for black people.