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Here, courtesy of Language Log, are two interesting examples, caught in the process: gaydar and like.

Date: 2006-03-28 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] countrycousin.livejournal.com
I like The Onion article where a guy talks about his "amazing blackdar" whereby he can tell if someone is black by just looking at them.

heh. :<) My youngest, who is adopted, and who, I suspect, would easily trigger this person's amazing skill, has "white" on her birth certificate, whether by virtue of the adoption or from the birth mother I never inquired.

That said, I've usually heard -dar as connected to whatever group you're looking for, not the general "gaydar".

I had heard some of these - that seems a more reasonable extension.

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