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Grindr (/ ˈ ɡ r aɪ n d ər / ⓘ) is a location-based social networking and online dating application targeted towards gay and bisexual men, and transgender people. [1] [2]It was one of the first geosocial apps for gay men when it launched in March 2009, and has since become the largest and most popular gay mobile app in the world.
LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
In English, gh historically represented [x] (the voiceless velar fricative, as in the Scottish Gaelic word loch), and still does in lough and certain other Hiberno-English words, especially proper nouns. In the dominant dialects of modern English, gh is almost always either silent or pronounced /f/ (see Ough).
Not every English word that contains a gh was originally spelled with a yogh: for example, spaghetti is Italian, where the h makes the g hard (i.e., [ɡ] instead of [dʒ]); ghoul is Arabic, in which the gh was /ɣ/. The medieval author Orm used this letter in three ways when writing Early
A Grindr spokesperson told the Daily News that Arison remains committed to fighting for LGBTQ equality in the U.S. and abroad. “George is an out gay man, proudly married to his husband and the ...
pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words). (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
In 2014, Simkhai demonstrated that he was a user of his own app. He ceased including in his profile information regarding his role behind Grindr [7] In January 2018, he left Grindr after the company was sold to the Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech. [11] [12] Simkhai is a charter member of the Young Presidents' Organization. [3]
Grindr survey asking users what subculture they identify with prior to its update in 2017, using twink as an example The term also serves to identify a subculture within gay culture for which members of the community may self-identify, but their stable assurance mostly comes from acceptance by other members.