Brokeback Mountain (Film) Glossary

by Ang Lee

Brokeback Mountain (Film) Glossary

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Brokeback

Hunchbacked

Bronc

Slang for bronco

Castrate

To remove the testicles of a male organism

Deaf

Someone who can't hear

Ignorant

Oblivious or uneducated, crude in awareness or intellect

Irrigation

The supply of water to land or crop to aid in its growth

Precaution

A safeguard against a bad thing

Queer

Offensive slang for a homosexual man

Rein

A long strap attached at one end to a horse's behind

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