English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] queerbait ( “ to create homoerotic tension in a narrative without intention of realizing it ” ) + -y
Adjective [ edit ] queerbaity (comparative queerbaitier superlative queerbaitiest
( LGBT , fandom slang ) queerbaiting .
2016 January 28, @hereticglory, Twitter [1] sherlock holmes and john watson except theyre lesbians and its not queerbaity
2019 December 24, @wangxianling, Twitter [2] wangxian‘s true love and cql’s lack of queerbaiting set the bar so high I’ll never be satisfied with settling for subpar queerbaity content from shows like sherlock, spn, teen wolf, (etc) anymore.
2020 July 4, Yllogique (@Yllogique), Twitter [3] Oh wow I had totally forgotten how extreeeeeemely queerbaity Sherlock was from the very first episode.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:queerbaity .