Straight
Etimology of Straight
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conventional, especially “heterosexual,” 1941, a secondary sense evolved from straight (adj.1), probably suggested by straight and narrow path “course of conventional morality and law-abiding behavior,” which is based on a misreading of Matthew vii.14 (where the gate is actually strait), and the other influence seems to be from strait-laced.
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