Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wide stance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
wide s-tance
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

homosexuality (as an attribute of a person)

Humorous; Slang

Etymology

From the Larry Craig scandal. Police sergeant Dave Karsnia paraphrased Craig as having said that he "has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine".

Usage

Inflected Forms

wide stances (plural)

Questions

What does wide stance mean?
homosexuality (as an attribute of a person)
Where does wide stance come from?
From the Larry Craig scandal. Police sergeant Dave Karsnia paraphrased Craig as having said that he "has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine".

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