Question of the Day #476

"Study suggests lesbian-sounding women face greater ‘gaydar discrimination’ in hiring than men"
From the headline of this article at PsyPost.

上記の文で、gaydarの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "gaydar" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

ゲイの相手を見分ける能力◆【語源】gay + radar

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

the ability to recognize homosexuals through observation or intuition

Etymology/語源

Merriam-Websterによると、

初めて使用されたのは、1982年。
Gayとradarからなる造語。

According to Merriam-Webster:

First Known Use of gaydar: 1982
Blend of gay and radar

Examples

• My gaydar even doesn’t work that well in the present, let alone retroactively. — Fox News, "US-China trade war - and its impact - to be on display; AOC has warning for Dems," 17 June 2019
• The authors were then ready to pit their prediction model against humans in what would become a notorious gaydar competition. — Heather Murphy, New York Times, "Why Stanford Researchers Tried to Create a ‘Gaydar’ Machine," 9 Oct. 2017
• "Then I'm afraid I taught her the term gaydar because she asked, how, if straight people and gay people weren't very different, one could tell them apart, which cracked her up."
• "It might be that the TROLLS gaydar is on the fritz today, because I figured all the haters, hypocrites and bible thumpers would be here … … …. or are they all out there protesting homosexuality at our brave soldiers funerals."
• "Some have expressed shock; others are quick to boast that they already knew, due to their "gaydar" - enhanced psychic powers."

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