Bent
How words are described
| little | little bent | little queer |
Both words in one sentence
- Survives in the phrases "he's worth a bob or two" ("he is rich") and "he's as queer/bent as a nine bob note" for someone pretty crazy ("he is as gay as the day is long", an American version is "queer as a three-dollar bill").
Source: Useful Notes / British English - Queer as a three-dollar bill, bent as a threpny bit, camper than a row of tents, a bigger fairy than Tinkerbell, and gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide!
Source: Hurricane of Euphemisms -
Holly: "I mean it's pretty queer — I mean —" Hell-Bent for Leather: Two words—dominatrix Catwoman.
Source: Comic Book / Batman: Year One
Cite this Source
Queer and Bent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bent/queer
Bent & Queer. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bent/queer>.
Queer or Bent. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bent/queer.
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