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futch

UK/fʊtʃ/

futch adjective: exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities.

Adjective

futch (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities.
    • For me, being futch is not about living in a single spot, in a precise middle ground wherein I can be androgynous and ambiguous […] “I'm not a femme. I can use tools.” “C'mon, it doesn't hurt that much. Butch up.” My feminist futch self finds journeying through these expectations unpleasant.2011, Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman, Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, arsenal pulp press, →ISBN, pages 240–241

Noun

futch (plural futches)

  1. A person who exhibits traits of both a femme and a butch.
    • A moment's thought tells us that a futch, femme, or butch can't be spotted by behaviour alone […]2011, Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman, Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, arsenal pulp press, →ISBN, page 241

Proper noun capitalized: Futch

Futch (plural Futches)

  1. A surname.

Forms of futch

Noun
pluralfutches
Proper noun
pluralFutches

Origin of futch

Blend of femme + butch.

Words that rhyme with futch

Questions about futch

What does futch mean?
Futch means exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities.
What part of speech is futch?
Futch can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce futch?
Futch is pronounced /fʊtʃ/ (UK).

Words near futch in the dictionary

  1. futanarizations
  2. futarchies
  3. futarchy
  4. futas
  5. futbol
  6. futch
  7. futchel
  8. futchels
  9. Futcher
  10. futches
  11. fute

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