surrogate |ˈsərəgit, -ˌgāt|
noun
a substitute, esp. a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office: she was regarded as the surrogate for the governor during his final illness.
• (in the Christian Church) a bishop's deputy who grants marriage licenses.
• a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare ‘elect as a substitute,’ from super- ‘over’ + rogare ‘ask.’
queer |kwi(ə)r|
adjective
1 strange; odd: she had a queer feeling that they were being watched.
• [ predic. ] dated slightly ill.
2 informal, chiefly derogatory (esp. of a man) homosexual.
noun informal, chiefly derogatory
a homosexual man.
verb [ with obj. ] informal
spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation): Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute.
DERIVATIVES
queerish adjective,
queerly adverb,
queerness noun
ORIGIN early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse,’ but the origin is doubtful.
usage: The word queer was first used to mean ‘homosexual’ in the early 20th century: it was originally, and usually still is, a deliberately offensive and aggressive term when used by heterosexual people. In recent years, however, some gay people have taken the word queer and deliberately used it in place of gay or homosexual, in an attempt, by using the word positively, to deprive it of its negative power. This use of queer is now well established and widely used among gay people (especially as an adjective or noun modifier, as in queer rights; queer-bashing) and at present exists alongside the other use.
noun
a substitute, esp. a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office: she was regarded as the surrogate for the governor during his final illness.
• (in the Christian Church) a bishop's deputy who grants marriage licenses.
• a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare ‘elect as a substitute,’ from super- ‘over’ + rogare ‘ask.’
queer |kwi(ə)r|
adjective
1 strange; odd: she had a queer feeling that they were being watched.
• [ predic. ] dated slightly ill.
2 informal, chiefly derogatory (esp. of a man) homosexual.
noun informal, chiefly derogatory
a homosexual man.
verb [ with obj. ] informal
spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation): Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute.
DERIVATIVES
queerish adjective,
queerly adverb,
queerness noun
ORIGIN early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse,’ but the origin is doubtful.
usage: The word queer was first used to mean ‘homosexual’ in the early 20th century: it was originally, and usually still is, a deliberately offensive and aggressive term when used by heterosexual people. In recent years, however, some gay people have taken the word queer and deliberately used it in place of gay or homosexual, in an attempt, by using the word positively, to deprive it of its negative power. This use of queer is now well established and widely used among gay people (especially as an adjective or noun modifier, as in queer rights; queer-bashing) and at present exists alongside the other use.
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