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brokeback.

Hunchbacked.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Hunchbacked.

    not-comparable · rare
    Damn those brokeback tramps making a mess of our city.
  2. Broken; derelict.

    not-comparable · rare
    The brokeback bridges in the hills sadden me: this place used to be beautiful.
Where this word comes from

From break + back; first used for "hunchback" in Carson McCullers' 1943 novella The Ballad of the Sad Café.

adj
  1. Homoerotic; homosexual, gay.

    neologism · not-comparable · slang
    I don't really think Frodo and Sam were gay, even if a couple of the scenes seemed a little brokeback to me.
Where this word comes from

From the title of Annie Proulx's 1997 short story "Brokeback Mountain"; popularised by the 2005 film of the same name.

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