straightfolk

noun

straightfolk

noun

Etymology From straight + folk.

1

Informal Straight (heterosexual) people.

  • turning down one sheet / in our little room / while down below / the straightfolk come and go / looking for stray sons after dark.1994, Thomas O'Neil, Sex with God, page 45:
  • Here is a story for you, Straightfolk of Straightworld: In May 1895, the great writer Oscar Wilde was put on trial in London for the crime of sexual indecency with other men.2015 February 26, “The hart”, in Arkansas Times:
1 more example
  • This ancient idea that the most "universal" (or, cough, American) story is one contingent on the problems of wealthy white, cis, straightfolk is very much still alive and thriving.2019 September 16, Joshua Young, “In the Spotlight with The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Group”, in The Brooklyn Rail:
Related terms
cisfolk, transfolk

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