Common Lexeme

trez

Keywords: colour, sexuality, gender

Pronunciation (IPA): treθ 
Part of Speech: modifier 
Class: colour 
Forms: trez 
Glosses: grey, straight (sexuality) 

Description:

The modifier 'trez' means 'grey'. It generally does not have the connotation of age as in English, necause Common speakers say 'naz zilus mury', 'white hairs', not grey hairs.It does have the additional connotation around sexuality - Common speakers developed the idiom of describing LBGTQ people as 'colourful', 'lunys', and seem to have decided the opposie of colourful is grey. So 'trez' when referring to sexuality and gender means cisgender and heterosexual. Like 'lunys', it can take intensity modifiers like 'sino' and represent a degree of 'straightness'. See attached article for more information,

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