| 单词 | closet case |
| 释义 | > as lemmascloset case closet case n. slang (originally U.S.) (a) an unattractive or embarrassing person, a social outcast; (b) a person who seeks conceals or denies his or her sexuality, gender identity, etc. (cf. sense B. 3). ΚΠ 1946 Washington Post 7 Oct. 5/2 Unattractive girls are ‘strictly closet cases’, meaning they should be in the closet when men are around. 1965 Transvestia (Los Angeles) No. 34. 14 I do not feel that it is essential to chase around dressed all over the countryside just in order to be an FP [i.e. femmiphile]. Nor do I feel we must permanently be closet cases. 1966 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 24 Sept. 22/2 Presidential nominee Barry Goldwater is being treated by Republicans as a campaign closet case this time around. 1969 S. Harris Puritan Jungle x. 191 They're what we call ‘closet cases’, hiding and scared to death of exposure. 2003 Out Feb. 14/1 Out 's getting less willing to shower accolades on closet cases who emerge seconds before tabloids push them out. < as lemmas |
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