caginess

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cagy +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

caginess (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being cagey.
    • 2024 January 10, Laura Snapes, “Taylor Swift’s people shut down speculation about her sexuality – but risked rebuking her LGBTQ fans”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      And as a much better NYT comment piece on queerbaiting put it last year: “As self-serving as some celebrity caginess can be, you can’t build a world in which everyone feels free to self-identify by ordering everyone to self-identify.”

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