queerbaiting
The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work…The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality.
Meaning
1 senses(slang, uncountable)The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality.
квирбе́йтингkvirbéjting
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2 languagesРусский
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Origin
From queer + baiting.From queer + baiting.
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