LESBIAN
(also see HOMOSEXUAL)
ADJECTIVES
► BULL of a lesbian: masculine, aggressive → 1963 US homosexual sl.
► BULL-DYKING engaging in lesbian sexual activity → 1928 sl., orig. US, derogatory
► BUTCH of female homosexuals: masculine in appearance or behaviour; virile, tough → 1941 sl.
► BUTCH-FEMME characterized by the adoption of butch and femme roles, esp. by two partners in a lesbian relationship → 1983 colloq.
► BUTCHY suggesting a lesbian, masculine-looking → 1956 Amer. sl.
► DIKEY ► DYKEY resembling a lesbian; overtly lesbian, mannish → 1956 colloq., chiefly derogatory & offensive
► DYKEISH projecting a stereotyped lesbian style → 1997 UK sl.
► FEMMY of a lesbian: feminine in appearance, behaviour, etc. → 1973 colloq.
► FLUFFY of a lesbian: sexually excited → 1999 US homosexual sl.
► FUNNY of a woman: lesbian → 1930 sl.
► GIRLY-PEARLY in sexual orientation: lesbian → 2005 US sl.
► GLB gay, lesbian, and bisexual → 1990
► GLBT gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender → 1993
► JASPER lesbian; pert. to the world of lesbians → 1969 US sl.
► LES ► LEZ lesbian → 1942 sl.
► LESBIC relating lesbians → 1892
► LESBIGAY relating to lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals → 1983
► LESBO relating to lesbians → 1937 colloq.
► LEZZIE relating to lesbians → 1966 colloq., sometimes derogatory
► LGB lesbian, gay, and bisexual → 1985
► LGBT lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender → 1992
► LGBTI lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex → 2001
► LGBTIQ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (or questioning) → 2003
► LGBTQ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning) → 1996
► MANTEE of a lesbian: very masculine in appearance or behaviour; given to taking the active role in copulation → 1936 Amer. homosexual sl.
► PACKING of a lesbian: wearing a strap-on dildo, usually under one’s clothes, or wearing other padding in the genital area to look as if one has a penis → 1990 US homosexual sl.
► QUEER of women: lesbian → 1914 sl.
► SAPPHIC relating to or engaging in sexual activity between women; lesbian → 1761
► SIL ► SILL infatuated ; thus of a lesbian: involved in an affair → 1930 sl.
► STRICTLY CLITLY of a girl or woman: lesbian in sexual orientation → 2003 US sl.
ADVERBS
► SAPPHISTICALLY in the manner of a lesbian → 1913
NOUNS
► BULL-DYKING lesbian sexual activity → 1921 sl., orig. US, usually derogatory
► CLAM JOUSTING lesbian sex → 1997 sl.
► DUMPTRUCK a car full of lesbians → 1970 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► DYKEDOME the world of lesbians → 1991 sl.
► FLATS lesbian sexual intercourse → 1652 UK sl.
► FRIG lesbian sexual intercourse, based on the partners rubbing against each other’s body → 1999 US homosexual sl.
► GALIMONY palimony for lesbian couples → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► GAME AT FLATS lesbian sexual intercourse → 1655 UK sl.
► GIRL-ON-GIRL lesbian sexual activity → 1995 colloq.
► GRUESOME TWOSOME a lesbian couple, especially when unpopular → 1947 US sl.
► JAILHOUSE LOVE a lesbian affair that is taken up in prison, irrespective of the lover’s actual sexuality → 1971 African-American & prison sl.
► LADY-LOVE love between women, lesbian love → 2003
► LAVENDER LAW legal issues, practice, and study pertaining to the lesbian community → 1999 US sl.
► LESBIGAYS lesbians and gay men, later, also, bisexuals → 1992
► LICENCE TO LICK a notional licence that allows inmates or officers to engage in lesbian sex → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► PUSSY-BUMPING lesbian activity → 20C sl.
► SAPPHISM ‘unnatural sexual relations between women’; homosexuality between women, lesbianism → 1795
► TALKING having a relationship with another woman while in prison → 1970 lesbian euphemism
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACTIVE a ‘masculine’ lesbian sex worker → 2019 UK sl.
► ALKIE a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► AMAZON a masculine lesbian → 1997 African-American sl.
► AMY-JOHN a lesbian, esp. one who plays the dominant role → 1960 Amer. sl.
► APACHE a lesbian → 1930 sl.
► AUNT a lesbian → 1906 US sl.
► BABY BUTCH a young, boyish lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BABY DYKE a young, inexperienced lesbian → 1973 US homosexual sl.
► BATTLE-CRUISER a lesbian who makes pickups in the street; an aggressive, mannish lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► B.D. a masculine lesbian; usually an unpleasant, excessively man-hating one → 1935 US sl.
► BEAN FLICKER a lesbian → 1997 UK sl.
► BEEFCAKE BUTCH a lesbian → 2021 US sl.
► BENDER a lesbian → 1971 sl.
► B.F. in a lesbian couple: the ‘male’ (Boy Friend) → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BIG DIESEL ► BIG DIESEL DYKE any homosexual woman → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BILL a generic term for a masculine male homosexual or a mannish lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BITCH a submissive lesbian, one whose appearance, behaviour, etc., is regarded as feminine → 1970 homosexual sl.
► BLUE-JEANS FEMME a feminine lesbian but one that is not quite as stereotypically feminine has a ‘high femme’ → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► BLUFF a female homosexual who can alternate between active/passive roles → 1950 sl.
► BODAGGLE a masculine lesbian → 1976 US sl.
► BOTTOM in a lesbian relationship: the feminine partner → 1971 African-American sl.
► BOW-TIE a lesbian → 1953 US sl.
► BOX-BITER a lesbian → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► BOYDYKE a boyish masculine lesbian → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► BROTHER a lesbian → 1995 UK sl.
► BULL an aggressively masculine lesbian → 1931 sl.
► BULL BITCH a masculine lesbian → 1960 US sl.
► BULLDAGGER a lesbian with masculine tendencies → 1906 US sl., chiefly African-American, derogatory
► BULL-DICKER a lesbian who uses her clitoris to mimic the penis as in face-to-face heterosexual intercourse → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BULL-DIKE ► BULL-DYKE a lesbian with masculine tendencies → 1906 sl., derogatory
► BULL-DIKER ► BULL-DYKER a lesbian with masculine tendencies → 1906 sl., derogatory
► BUMPER a masculine lesbian → 1941 US sl.
► BUSH-LICKER a lesbian → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► BUTCH a lesbian with masculine tendencies → 1932 sl., orig. US
► BUTCH-BROAD a mannish aggressive lesbian → 1966 US sl., contemptuous usage
► BYKE a lesbian who is also bisexual → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► CAMPER a young boyish lesbian → 1960 US homosexual sl.
► CARPET BITER a lesbian → 2003 UK sl.
► CARPET CHEWER a lesbian → 1985 Amer. sl.
► CARPET-LICKER a lesbian → 2001 sl., orig. US students’ usage
► CARPET-MUNCHER a lesbian → 1989 sl., orig. US students’ usage, usually derogatory
► CAT a lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► CAT-LAPPER a lesbian cunnilinguist → 1966 US sl.
► CHAPSTICK LESBIAN a lesbian who is especially keen on sport → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► CHEMISE-LIFTER a lesbian → 1996 UK sl.
► CHICKEN a young lesbian → 1962 sl.
► CHUFF MUNCHER a lesbian → 1999 UK sl.
► CLAM BUMPER a lesbian → 1990 US sl.
► CLAM SMACKER a lesbian → 1997 UK sl.
► CLIT-HOPPER a promiscuous lesbian → 1982 US sl.
► CLIT-LICKER a lesbian → 1987 Aust. sl.
► CLITTY LICKER a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► COLLAR AND TIE a masculine lesbian → 1932 US sl.
► COOKIE a lesbian who takes a passive role in homosexual activity → 1978 Amer. sl.
► COOSE ► COOZE a lesbian → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► COOSIE ► COOZEY ► COOZIE ► COOZY a lesbian → 1960 sl.
► COW an effeminate lesbian → 1955 US homosexual sl.
► CRACK SNAKER a lesbian → 1999 US sl., derogatory
► CREAM PUFF a lesbian → 1928 US sl.
► CRUNCH GRANOLA DYKE a lesbian who pursues a ‘Sixties’ lifestyle → 2005 US homosexual sl.
► CUNT-EATER a lesbian → 2002 US sl.
► CUNT-LAPPER a lesbian → 1934 sl.
► CUNT-MUNCHER a lesbian → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► CUNT-SUCKER a lesbian → 1967 sl.
► DABBLER a suburban housewife giving lesbianism a try → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► DADDY the woman who plays the active, masculine role in a lesbian relationship → 1941 US sl.
► DAGGER a lesbian who is butch → 1967 African-American sl.
► DANDISETTE ► DANDIZETTE ► DANDYSETTE a female homosexual; a lesbian → 1966 sl.
► DAPHNE a lesbian → 1966 Aust. sl.
► DARL a lesbian → 2003 NZ sl.
► DERRICK a lesbian; a masculine lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► DICKY-BROAD a lesbian whose clitoris is the size of a small penis, when relaxed → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► DIESEL ► DIESEL DYKE a lesbian with aggressive masculine tendencies → 1958 sl., orig. US
► DIKE ► DYKE a lesbian; a lesbian with masculine tendencies → 1931 sl., chiefly derogatory
► DIKEY a lesbian, or a virago → E20 US sl.
► DINKY DYKE a feminine or boyish lesbian → 1988 US homosexual sl.
► DONUT BUMPER ► DOUGHNUT BUMPER a lesbian → 1992 US sl.
► DOUBLE-BARRELLED BROAD a lesbian → 1968 sl.
► DOUCHEBAG a lesbian → 1992 US sl.
► DRAG-BUTCH a masculine lesbian who chooses to dress in male clothing → 1964 US sl.
► DRAG-DYKE a masculine lesbian who chooses to dress in male clothing → 1964 US sl.
► DUFF a feminine lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl.
► DUMPTRUCK a masculine lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► DUTCH GIRL a lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► EARTHY-CRUNCHY DYKE a lesbian who pursues a ‘Sixties’ lifestyle → 1998 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► ELLEN a lesbian → 1997 US students’ sl.
► ENFORCER a lesbian who keeps the other women in line → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► ENVELOPE LICKER a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► FAGGOT a lesbian → 1953 US sl.
► FAIRY the feminine partner of a lesbian couple → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► FAIRY LADY a lesbian who takes a passive role in sex → 1940 Amer. sl.
► FANNY NOSHER a lesbian → 1999 sl.
► FATHER the dominant lesbian of a small ‘family’ group → 1908 US prison sl.
► FELLOW a lesbian → 1968 US homosexual sl.
► FEM ► FEMME a lesbian who adopts a passive, feminine role → 1947 sl.
► FILLY a passive lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► FINE CHICK a feminine lesbian → 1953 US prison sl.
► FINGER ARTIST a lesbian → 1957 African-American sl.
► FISH a feminine lesbian → 1932 US sl.
► FLAP-CRACKER a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► FLAT-SHOE ► FLAT-SHOE DYKE a lesbian → 1992 US sl.
► FLATTER a lesbian → 1942 African-American & homosexual sl.
► FLUFF a lesbian with female traits → 1947 US homosexual usage
► FLUZZ DYKE a passive lesbian; a feminine male homosexual → M20 US homosexual sl.
► FLUZZY-DUZZY a lesbian → 1985 African-American sl.
► FOX the passive partner in a lesbian relationship → 1969 US prison sl.
► FRAIL a passive partner in a lesbian relationship → 1958 US prison sl.
► FREAK a lesbian → 1941 sl., usually derogatory
► FRICATRICE a woman who engages in sexual activity involving genital contact with other women; a lesbian → 1694
► FUZZ BUMPER a lesbian → 1986 US students’ sl.
► FUZZ BUMPING PEBBLE-LICKER a lesbian → 1986 US students’ sl.
► GAL-BOY the female partner in a homosexual relationship → 2002 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAL OFFICER a lesbian → 1940 African-American sl.
► GAY a lesbian → 1993 US homosexual sl.
► GAYCHICK a lesbian → 1988 US homosexual sl.
► GAY GIRL a lesbian → 1962 US sl.
► GAY KID a lesbian → 1993 sl.
► GAY WOMAN a lesbian → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► GIRL a lesbian → 1995 US homosexual sl.
► GIRL KISSER any homosexual woman → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► GIRLFRIEND 1. a term of address between lesbians, not necessarily in relationship → 1980 sl.
2. any friend, irrespective of gender or sexuality; a lesbian → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► GLAMOUR BUTCH a masculine lesbian or homosexual who wears formal clothes → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► GLB a Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual → 1992
► GLBT a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered person → 2004
► GOLD-STAR LESBIAN a lesbian who has never had sex with a man and intends that she never will → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► GRANDPA an aging lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► GRANOLA DYKE a lesbian who pursues a ‘Sixties’ lifestyle → 2000 US homosexual sl.
► GRRL a young lesbian, reasonably but not wholly masculine in style → 1999 US homosexual sl.
► HAIR-PIE EATER a lesbian → 1992 sl.
► HARD DADDY a lesbian ‘husband’ who sets up housekeeping with another woman → 1965 homosexual sl.
► HARD DRESSER an aggressive, mannish lesbian → 1967 US sl.
► HARD-DRESSING BUTCH a masculine lesbian → 1967 US homosexual sl.
► HASBIAN a woman who previously identified as a lesbian, esp. one who now identifies as heterosexual → 1989 chiefly derogatory & offensive
► HAWK a lesbian who picks women up in the street → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► HE-SHE a lesbian who adopts a traditionally masculine identity or appearance → 1941 usually derogatory and offensive
► HIGH FEMME a very feminine lesbian → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► HILLYBIN a lesbian → 1973 NZ sl.
► HOMECHICKEN a male or female homosexual → 1980 US students’ sl.
► HOMEGROWN a masculine lesbian → 1992 US prison sl.
► HOMO a masculine lesbian → 1993 US homosexual sl.
► HUSBAND the aggressive or active partner of a lesbian couple → 1893 US sl.
► HORSEWOMAN a masculine lesbian → 1941 US sl.
► JASPER a lesbian → 1954 African-American & prison sl.
► JOCKEY a masculine lesbian → 1922 US sl.
► JOTA a lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► JUDY a feminine lesbian → 1967 Aust. sl.
► KIKI a lesbian who takes neither an overtly feminine nor masculine role → 1947 US sl.
► KING a masculine lesbian → 1964 US homosexual sl.
► LACE-CURTAIN LESBIAN a lesbian whose mannerisms and affectations do not suggest her sexual preference → 1969 US sl.
► LADY-LOVER a lesbian → 1921 US sl., usually contemptuous
► LEATHER DYKE a lesbian leather fetishist → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► LEG-LICKER a lesbian → 1999 US homosexual sl.
► LEHE ► LELE a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► LEMON a lesbian → 1986 Aust. sl.
► LES ► LEZ ► LEZZ a lesbian → 1929 sl., chiefly derogatory
► LESBIE a lesbian → 1940 sl., chiefly derogatory
► LESBINE a lesbian → M20 US sl.
► LESBO a lesbian → 1931 colloq., chiefly derogatory
► LESBYTERIAN a jocular nickname for a lesbian → M20 US homosexual sl.
► LESIE ► LESSIE ► LEZZIE ► LEZZY a lesbian → 1929 sl., chiefly derogatory
► LESLIE a lesbian → 1950 Aust. sl.
► LESLIE ANNE a lesbian → 1982 US sl.
► LESO ► LEZO ► LEZZO a lesbian → 1941 Aust. sl., chiefly derogatory
► LETTICUS ► LETTIE ► LETTIE BAG ► LETTUCE LEAF a lesbian → 1989 S. Afr.
► LEZZER a lesbian; a homosexual woman → 1966 chiefly Aust. & UK colloq., often derogatory
► LICK BOXER a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► LICKER a lesbian → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► LICKLICK a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► LIP SQUEEZER a lesbian → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► LIPSTICK ► LIPSTICK DYKE ► LIPSTICK LESBIAN a feminine, stylish, upwardly mobile lesbian → 1984 US sl., sometimes derogatory
► LIZ ► LIZZIE ► LIZZIE-BOY a lesbian → 1946 sl., chiefly derogatory
► LIZZY-BEAN a lesbian → 1971 Aust. sl.
► LOVER UNDER THE LAP a lesbian → 1941 Aust. sl.
► LOW FEMME a feminine lesbian but one that is not quite as stereotypically feminine has a ‘high femme’ → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► LUG a woman who takes lesbian lovers in college and then reverts to heterosexuality after graduation from college (Lesbian Until Graduation) → 1993 US sl.
► LUPPIES Lesbian Urban Professionals, lesbian yuppies → 1992 US homosexual sl.
► MAJOR a lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MALFLOR a lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► MAMA 1. a feminine lesbian → 1898 sl.
2. a masculine lesbian → 1982 sl.
► MAN a female homosexual who plays a masculine role → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► MANATEE a masculine lesbian → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► MANNY a lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MANTEE a lesbian having a masculine manner → 1922 US sl., arch.
► MARGE ► MARGERY ► MARJORIE a lesbian whose appearance, behaviour, etc., is seen as feminine → 1925 US homosexual sl.
► MARY ANN a lesbian → 1863 US homosexual sl.
► MARY JANE a lesbian → 1962 US sl.
► MASON a lesbian assuming a masculine role → 1942 US homosexual sl.
► MICKEY LICKER a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► MICKOSAURUS a lesbian → 1982 NZ prison sl.
► MIDGE a lesbian who takes the feminine oir passive role → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MINTEE ► MINTIE ► MINTY a masculine lesbian → 1941 US homosexual sl.
► MOFFIE a lesbian → 2011 S. Afr. sl.
► MOLLY DIKE ► MOLLY DYKE a lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MOM a passive partner in a lesbian relationship; also, a lesbian who is notably feminine in appearance and behaviour → 1957 US homosexual sl.
► MOMMY a lesbian who plays the female role in a homosexual relationship → 1966 homosexual sl.
► MOTORBIKE DYKE a lesbian who apes the leather and macho style of outlaw motorcyclists → 2004 sl.
► MUFF-DIVER a lesbian → 1930 sl., often derogatory
► MUFFER a lesbian, a woman who performs cunnilingus → 1960 US sl.
► MUFF MUNCHER a lesbian → 2000 US sl.
► MUSCLE BITCH a lesbian bodybuilder → 1967 US sl.
► NELL ► NELLIE ► NELLY a lesbian → 1975 US students’ sl.
► OLD TOM 1. a lesbian → 1966 US sl.
2. an old lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl.(Bk.)
3. an aggressive, mannish lesbian → 1978 US sl.
► PALONE-OMEE ► PALONE-OMI ► POLONE-HOMI ► POLONE-OMEE a lesbian → 1962 sl.
► PANCAKE a masculine lesbian who permits herself to take the passive role → 1950 US homosexual sl.
► PANSY-ASS a feminine lesbian → 2008 sl.
► PAPA a masculine lesbian → 1941 US sl.
► PINKIE ► PINKY a passive or feminine lesbian → 1966 US sl.
► POISON TONGUE a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► POP a masculine lesbian → 1958 US homosexual & prison sl.
► POPPA a fellow lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► POT any homosexual woman → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► PRINCESS an effeminate and relatively youthful lesbian → 1931 US homosexual sl.
► PUELLA a lesbian → 1942 US sl.
► PUSS the ‘female’ of a lesbian couple → 1977 sl.
► PUSSY BUMPER a lesbian → 1940 US criminals’ sl.
► PUSSY QUEEN a lesbian → 1982 US sl.
► PUSSY QUEER a lesbian → 1966 US sl.
► QUEAN a lesbian → 1970 homosexual sl.
► QUEEN a lesbian → 1960 African-American sl.
► QUEER a homosexual man or lesbian → 1914 US sl., usually derogatory
► RALEIGH BIKE a lesbian → 1950 rhyming sl. for ‘dyke’
► RED TOP a lesbian who prefers blondes → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► RUBSTER a woman who engages in sexual activity involving genital contact with other women, hence, generally, a lesbian → 1657
► RUFFLE the passive partner in a lesbian sexual relationship → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► RUG-MUNCHER a lesbian → 1981 sl., orig. US students’ usage
► SAFO a lesbian → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAPPHIC a female homosexual → 1963 euphemism
► SAPPHIST a female homosexual → 1789
► SAPPHITE a lesbian → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAPPHO a lesbian → 1749 sl.
► SATURDAY NIGHT BUTCH a lesbian who dressed up as a ‘butch’ at the weekend → 1998 US homosexual usage
► SERGEANT a masculine lesbian → 1999 US sl.
► SHE-CENTAUR a lesbian → 1684 UK sl.
► SHE-MALE a lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SHIM a lesbian; a masculine-looking woman → 1972 African-American sl.
► SIL ► SILL a foolish lesbian, who is infatuated with someone → 1929 US sl.
► SKIRT an attractive lesbian → 1941 Black British sl.
► SKIRT-LIFTER a lesbian → 1985 Aust. sl.
► SKOOCHIE a lesbian → 1990 African-American & students’ sl., derogatory
► SLUT-PUPPY a lesbian → 1992 US sl., derogatory
► SODOMITE a lesbian → 1994 W. Indies sl.
► SODOMITESS a lesbian → 2005 chiefly derogatory
► SOFT BUTCH a masculine lesbian who wears formal clothes → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► STALLION-BROAD a masculine lesbian with a large clitoris → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► STONE BUTCH a very masculine lesbian who refuses to allow her partners to offer sexual advances → 1968 US homosexual sl.
► STONE FEMME a lesbian who invariably accepts a passive role; a lesbian who does not wish to be touched → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► STRAIGHT FREAK a lesbian who takes the male part → 1985 US sl.
► STUD a lesbian who adopts a traditionally masculine identity or appearance → 1945 chiefly US
► STUD-BROAD a masculine lesbian → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► SUCKER a lesbian → 1899 UK sl.
► TENNIS FAN a lesbian → 1999 sl.
► THESPIAN a lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► THREE-WHEELED TRIKE ► THREE WHEELER a lesbian → 1999 UK rhyming sl. for ‘dyke’
► TODGER-DODGER a lesbian → 2008 UK sl.
► TOM a lesbian → 1909 UK society & US homosexual sl.
► TOMMY a lesbian → 1773
► TONGUE FU a lesbian → 1999 NZ prison sl.
► TONGUE LIZARD a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► TONGUER a lesbian → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► TOOTSIE ► TOOTSY a lesbian → 1962 Aust. colloq.
► TOP the masculine partner in a lesbian relationship → 1971 African-American sl.
► TOP DIVER a lesbian → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► TOP SERGEANT a masculine lesbian → 1939 homosexual sl.
► TRIBADE a woman who engages in sexual activity with other women; a lesbian → 1585
► TRUCK DRIVER an ostentatiously masculine lesbian, usually dressed in macho clothes → 1950 African-American sl.
► TRYKE a female transsexual lesbian → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► TWIST the passive member of a lesbian relationship → 1970 US sl.
► U-HAUL a lesbian who falls in love at first sight and moves in right away with a new lover → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► VAGITARIAN a lesbian → 1998 US homosexual sl.
► VAN DYKE 1. a lesbian with a trace of a moustache on her upper lip → 1966 US homosexual sl.
2. a lesbian truck driver → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► VEGETABLE a lesbian → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► VELCRO a lesbian → 2000 UK sl.
► VILLAGE BIKE a lesbian → 1950 rhyming sl. for ‘dyke’
► VOT a masculine lesbian → 1953 US prison sl.
► WHATSIT a lesbian → 1980 sl.
► WHISKERS a lesbian → 1950 US criminals’ sl.
► WHITE LIVER a lesbian with no interest at all in men → 1965 US sl.
► WINNIE a lesbian → 1997 UK sl.
► WOLF an aggressive or masculine lesbian → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
F► WOMAN IN COMFORTABLE SHOES a lesbian → 1999 UK sl.
► WOMAN-LOVER a lesbian → 1930 sl.
► ZAMI ► ZAMIE ► ZAMIE GIRL a lesbian → 1977 Caribbean
NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► DOLLY the younger lover of a butch lesbian → 1968 NZ prison sl.
► DUTCH BOY a man, irrespective of sexuality, who enjoys the company of lesbians → 1999 US homosexual sl.
► DYKE DADDY a male who prefers and seeks the friendship of lesbians → 1972 US sl.
► DYKE-HAG a man, usually heterosexual, whose friends are lesbians → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► DYKON a person or image seen as inspirational to lesbians → 1999 UK sl.
► MERKIN a man who poses as the husband or lover of a lesbian who wishes to hide her real sexual preference → 1997 sl.
► PRISON PUSSY an inmate who coluntarily or otherwise adapts the role of a passive lesbian while in prison → 1993 Aust. prison sl.
► SAPPHO DADDY-O a heterosexual man who socializes extensively with lesbians → 1999 US homosexual sl.
VERBS
► BEAT THE PUSSY to have lesbian intercourse → 2016 African-American sl.
► BEAVER DAM to spoil flirtations between lesbians → 2014 US sl.
► BULLDAG to adopt lesbian sexuality → 1935 US sl.
► BUMP PUSSIES of a lesbian: to have lesbian sex → 1930 homosexual sl.
► BURN COAL to have a lesbian relationship → 1992 US sl.
► BUTCH IT UP ► BUTCH UP to accentuate one’s maleness → 1964 US homosexual sl.
► CAMP to take part in lesbian activities; to act as an ‘out’ lesbian’ → 1999 NZ prison sl.
► DADDLE to enjoy lesbian sex → 1972 US sl. (Bk.)
► DROP A SPANNER to indicate that one is a lesbian → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► DRY FUCK to have lesbian sex, rubbing the genitals together → 1965 US sl.
► DYKE 1. to engage in lesbian sex → 1941 US sl.
2. to live as a lesbian → 1963 US sl.
► FEM IT ► FEM IT UP to pose as a female lesbian → 1993 Aust. prison sl.
► FRIG to perform lesbian sex, where the genitals are rubbed together → 1998 sl.
► GIVE UP THE WORK TO SOMEONE of a lesbian: to take the active role in sexual intercourse → 1967 US sl.
► GO FISH of a lesbian: to give cunnilingus → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► GO OVER of a woman: to become lesbian → 1943 Aust. sl.
► HIT THE SHEETS to be passive to the overtures of another woman → 1970 US lesbian sl.
► LADY-LOVE to engage in lesbian activity → 1934 US sl.
► LEZ ► LEZ IT UP ► LEZ OUT ► LEZ UP to engage in lesbian sexual activity → 1946 colloq.
► LEZZER IT UP to act in a stereotypical masculine lesbian manner → 2015 sl.
► LIP READ of a lesbian: to perform cunnilingus → 1966 US sl.
► LOWER ONE’S BELT to be a promiscuous feminine lesbian → 1965 US homosexual sl.
► MAC IT ► MACK ► MACK IT among lesbians: to comport oneself in a strongly masculine or aggressive manner → 1966 Amer. prison sl.
► MAKE UP TO of a lesbian: to be the active partner in lovemaking → 1993 US homosexual sl.
► TWAT-SWAT to interfere with the flirtation between two lesbians → 2014 US sl.