gaydar

noun

gay·dar ˈgā-ˌdär

slang

: the supposed ability to recognize through observation or intuition that a person is gay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Women's gaydar improves during ovulation. —

Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2016 My gaydar even doesn’t work that well in the present, let alone retroactively. —

Fox News, 17 June 2019 The authors were then ready to pit their prediction model against humans in what would become a notorious gaydar competition. —

Heather Murphy, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017

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