Butch vs Dykey - What's the difference?
butch | dykey | Synonyms |
Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
(informal) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
(derogatory, and, offensive) Of a woman, whether actually lesbian or not, having stereotypically lesbian characteristics.
* {{quote-news
, year = 1970
, month = January
, title = Goodbye to All That
, first = Robin
, last = Morgan
, authorlink = Robin Morgan
, newspaper =
, url = http://blog.fair-use.org/2007/09/29/goodbye-to-all-that-by-robin-morgan-1970/
, passage = Let it all hang out. Let it seem bitchy, catty, dykey , Solanisesque, frustrated, crazy, nutty, frigid, ridiculous, bitter, embarrassing, man-hating, libelous, pure, unfair, envious, intuitive, low-down, stupid, petty, liberating.
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* {{quote-book
, date = 2006-08-08
, title = Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
, first = Sharon
, last = Lamb
, coauthors = Brown, Lyn Mikel
, location = New York
, publisher = St. Martin's Press
, isbn = 9780312352509
, ol = 9771055M
, page = 230
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=Bh_Ite2-SgQC&pg=PA230&dq=dykey
, passage = when Torrence is elected captain of the cheerleading team, another girl supports the subplot of girl cattiness by calling her a slut and calling the “real” gymnast who joins the team (emphasizing to the audience that cheering can't be “real” gymnastics), an uber dyke and a big dykey loser.
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