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boydyke

boydyke noun: a lesbian with a masculine presentation and/or identification. (Chiefly used as a self-descriptor and by butch or gender-nonconforming lesbians.).

Noun

boydyke (plural boydykes)

  1. (slang, vulgar) A lesbian with a masculine presentation and/or identification. (Chiefly used as a self-descriptor and by butch or gender-nonconforming lesbians.)
    • But I don't think boydykes have dibs on playing with gender: I too like the sexiness of a floating signifier.1998, Rosamund Else-Mitchell, Naomi Flutter, Talking Up: Young Women's Take on Feminism, page 97
    • Thus, research designs that operationalize sexual identity in a unidimensional, fixed, limited, forced-choice manner omit most of the homoerotic youth who assume unspecified sexual identities (e.g., two-spirit, boydyke, omnisexual, trans-boi), […]2007, Ilan H. Meyer, Mary E. Northridge, The Health of Sexual Minorities, page 40

Forms of boydyke

pluralboydykes

Origin of boydyke

From boy + dyke.

Questions about boydyke

What does boydyke mean?
Boydyke means a lesbian with a masculine presentation and/or identification. (Chiefly used as a self-descriptor and by butch or gender-nonconforming lesbians.).
What part of speech is boydyke?
Boydyke is a noun.
What is the plural of boydyke?
The plural of boydyke is boydykes.

Words near boydyke in the dictionary

  1. Boydstons
  2. Boydstun
  3. Boydstuns
  4. Boydton
  5. Boydtown
  6. boydyke
  7. boydykes
  8. Boyea
  9. Boyeas
  10. boyed
  11. boyed off

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