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baby dike	n. Origin unknown. A young lesbian or one with little or no experience.
bluff	n. North American origin. 20th century. Derogatory. May be a combination of bitch & fluff. Also means to decieve.
bull dike or bull dyke	n. An active lesbian. Usually one masculine acting. Also used for a masculine woman in general.
butch	n. 20th century. An active and masculine lesbian.
diesal dike or diesal dyke	n. North American origin. Mid 20th century. A masculine woman. Suggestive of thoughness in truck driving.
drag king	n. Origin not clear. A woman who dresses up like a man. Most likely created to parallel drag queen.
Dutch girl	n. 20th century. A lesbian. Used because of association with Holland dikes.
dyke or dike	n. 20th century. At first derogatory, it has become a word of pride used by lesbians. Possible origin from the last sylible in hermaphrodite or perhaps from its British meaning of "female genitals." A dyke is a ditch.
femme	n. A passive lesbian. From the French, femme which means "woman" or "female."
flat fuck	n. 20th century. A lesbian. Alludes to what is presumed the way lesbians have sex: the rubbing up against each other.
he-she	n. Mid 20th century. A lesbian.
horsewoman	n. British origin. 19th century. A masculine lesbian.
janey	n. 20th century. A lesbian.
jockey	n. North American origin. An active lesbian. Used because of the riding association with a jockey.
les	n. 20th century. A lesbian. An abreviation for lesbian. Also lez, lezz, lezzie, lezzy, lizzie and lizzy. More often abreviated lesbo.
lesbian	n. Not Slang. A standared word for a woman attrated to other women. Derives form the Isle of Lesbos where the Greek poet, Sappho had a school for girls.
man	n. North American. 20th century. A masculine lesbian.
manny	n. North American. 20th century. Used because of the maleness of the name. Implies masculinity of lesbians.
mason	n. 20th century. Used especially of a masculine lesbian. Perhaps from the society of Freemasons which addmitt only men.
molly dike	n. 20th century. A passive lesbian.
nelly	n. North American origin. Mid-19th century. A reference to the feminine name.
no-nuts	n. Jocular & often derogatory. 20th century. Used by non gays. Nuts is a reference to testicles.
poppa	n. 20th century. Allusion to the masculine father image. A masculine lesbian.
queer
rug muncher.	n. Recent term. Derogatory. Implies cunnilingus.
sergeant	n. Mid 20th century. A masculine lesbian. Based on the masculine image of a military sergeant.
she-male, she man	n. 20th cnetury. Almost always of non gay usage.
tom	n. 20th century. Used because of the maleness of the name.
tomboy	n. 16th century. A euphemism for a lesbian. Used for a boyish girl.
top sergeant	n. An active lesbian. Based on the masculine image of a military sergeant.
truck driver	n. North American origin. Mid 20th century gay usage. A lesbian with strong masculine behavior. Alludes to the toughness of truck drivers.

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