lesbian chic
lesbian chic noun: a feminine lesbian.
Noun
lesbian chic (plural lesbian chics)
- A feminine lesbian.
- Critics attacked what they perceived to be the key feature of lesbian chic, i.e., 'cheque-writing dykes who [look] suspiciously like the average Tory shithead's daughter' (Solanas 1993, p. 5).2008 February 19, Veronika Koller, Lesbian Discourses: Images of a Community, Routledge, →ISBN, page 149
- […] the fever surrounding lesbian chic in the 1990s belied "a larger cultural anxiety about the dangers of the lesbian body, exemplified by the simultaneous embrace of the 'new femme' as cutting edge and the denunciation of real-life lesbians as perverse and depraved".2020 September 14, Kate Farhall, Sex, Feminism and Lesbian Desire in Women’s Magazines, Routledge, →ISBN, page 2007
- Synonyms:
- lipstick lesbian, designer dyke, femme
Synonyms of lesbian chic
Forms of lesbian chic
| plural | lesbian chics |
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Questions about lesbian chic
- What does lesbian chic mean?
- Lesbian chic means a feminine lesbian.
- What part of speech is lesbian chic?
- Lesbian chic is a noun.
- What is the plural of lesbian chic?
- The plural of lesbian chic is lesbian chics.
Words near lesbian chic in the dictionary
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