English
queercore
From queer + -core.
A compound of queer + -core
Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’
Proto-West Germanic *þwerh ‘transverse, crooked’
Old Saxon thwerh ‘bent, crooked’
English queer
Today it means
noun A subculture of young, rebellious homosexuals that was an offshoot of the punk movement of the 1980s.
Sources
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Etymograph / queercore