when an english keyboard user tries to say "no" in russian. The sound it makes is ñet
Russian speaker: asks a question in russian
English speaker: het
wasting too much of your life trying to force heterosexuality only to accept yourself for who you are and embrace your sexuality in the end.
"I spent the first 20 years of my life suffering from het-lag but now I'm free"
Het-lag affects 1 out of 30 adults under the age of 35 in the US due to fear of being accepted.
The period of time before a queer person realises they're queer. Suffering from compulsory heterosexuality is a form of het lag.
I didn't realise I was gay until high school, I had such het lag
The act of historians intentionally reframing historically queer relationships as platonic friendships in order to 'wash' queer identity from history.
"I was shocked to learn that the two English artist bros who lived together for 50 years as confirmed bachelors, who never married, who shared a bed because their bromance was so strong, who kept up daily written correspondence their entire lives turned out to just be roommates! Thanks, Het-Washing for sanitizing my view of history!
See also: "Oh My God They Were Roommates Vine"
A hot person by heteronormative standards.
Ie a woman with long natural hair, wearing a topshop dress & heels.
This term is often used by queer people to humorously comment on a heteronormative standard of beauty
to which they don't subscribe and are not included within.
I wouldn't choose to date a het-hot.
Love Island is just a zoo of het-hots.