gaydar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder.
Old Occitan gaibor.
Old French gaibor.
Middle English gay
English gay
Latin radiusder.
English radio-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
French télé-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor.
Latin -graphuslbor.
French -graphe
French télégraphebor.
English telegraph
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -ieder.
Middle English -ie
Middle English -y
English -y
English telegraphy
English radiotelegraphyclip.
English radio
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der.
Proto-Italic *tegō
Latin tegō
Latin dētegō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tio
Latin dētēctiōder.
Latin dētēctiōnembor.
English detection
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Proto-Germanic *andi
Old English and
Middle English and
English and
Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der.
Proto-Celtic *reketi
Gaulish *rekosbor.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der.
Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder.
Proto-Germanic *rankaz
Frankish *rankbor.?
Vulgar Latin *rencus
Old French reng
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Old French -ier
Old French rengierbor.
Middle English rengen
English range
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English ranging
English RADAR
English radar
blend
English gaydar
Blend of gay + radar, equivalent to gay + -dar.
Base: gay
Affixes: -dar
Inflected forms:
form: gaydars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gay-dar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This is not your Hallmark in Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there … no radar like gaydar, I always say.
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!
"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."
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.
Dr. Lillihammer started to walk past her, but stopped directly in front of her. Inches apart, they stared at each other. Sizing the other woman up, doing a little consulting of their gaydars. Heather felt Lillian's breath on her cheek and tried not to visibly let the shiver go down her spine.
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