gaydar

Blend of gay +‎ radar

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪdɑɹ/

gaydar (countable and uncountable, plural gaydars)

1. (colloquial) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person.

• queerdar

• dykedar, lesdar

• -dar

• rag day

Borrowed from English gaydar.

gaydar

1. gaydar
   • 2017, Endre Lund Eriksen, Den sommer far blev homo, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN

     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.

   • 2012, Søren Vejby, Upcoming, Art People →ISBN, page 2

     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.

   • 2015, Anne Holt (translated by anonymous), Sudden death, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN

     Desuden kan også gaydarer tage fejl.

     Besides, gaydars, too, can be wrong.

• bøsseradar

From English gaydar.

gaydar m (plural gaydars, diminutive gaydartje n)

1. gaydar

gaydar m (uncountable)

1. gaydar (ability to detect whether a person is gay)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gaydar.