Last Updated：2025/11/29

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queerbaiting

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Source Word

queerbaiting

slang uncountable

(LGBT, fandom slang) 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.

Japanese Meaning

LGBTを示唆する、または同性愛的な含みを持たせる関係描写を意図的に創出するが、実際の同性愛関係に発展させることなく、またキャラクターの性自認・セクシュアリティについて明示的に言及しない、テレビドラマなどの物語作品で用いられるファンダム向けの手法。

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Fans accused the show of queerbaiting after months of suggestive glances and ambiguous dialogue between the two leads.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ファンは、数か月にわたる示唆的な視線とあいまいなやり取りの後、その番組が同性愛的な緊張を作り出す一方でそれを実際の同性愛関係に発展させるつもりはないという手法を用いていると非難した。

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(LGBT, fandom slang) 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.

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