Meaning of gaydar | Babel Free

Definitions

The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.

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Examples

“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.

“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.

“Desuden kan også gaydarer tage fejl.”

Besides, gaydars, too, can be wrong.

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