Dyke or Butch - What's the difference?
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Dyke is a synonym of butch. As nouns the difference between dyke and butch is that dyke is ( dike) or dyke can be (slang|pejorative) a lesbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts in a macho manner this word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering (see usage notes) while butch is (informal) a lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. As a adjective butch is (slang) very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
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dyke Etymology 1
Variant of (dike).
Noun
( en noun)
(Australia, slang) A toilet.
- 1977 , In Cubbaroo's dim distant past
They built a double dyke. Back to back in the yard it stood An architectural dream in wood'' — Ian Slack-Smith, ''The Passing of the Twin Seater'', from ''The Cubbaroo Tales'', 1977. Quoted in ''Aussie Humour , Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 235.
(UK) A ditch (rarely also refers to similar natural features, and to one natural valley, Devil's Dyke, Sussex, due to a legend that the devil dug it).
(UK, mainly S England) An earthwork consisting of a ditch and a parallel rampart.
(British) An embankment to prevent inundation, or a causeway.
(UK, mainly Scotland and N England) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, sometimes topped with hedge planting, or a hedge alone, used as a fence.
(UK, mainly Scotland and N England) A dry-stone wall usually forming a boundary to a wood, field or garden.
(British, geology) A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes.
Etymology 2
; various theories suggested.
Attested US 1942, in Berrey and Van den Bark’s American Thesaurus of Slang''.["dike, dyke, n.3" ''The Oxford English Dictionary ]. 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online. Oxford UP. 4 Apr. 2000 .
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* bulldyke
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butch English
Adjective
(en-adj)
Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
Synonyms
* macho, manly, mannish, unfeminine
Noun
(es)
(informal) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
Synonyms
* (masculine lesbian) bulldyke, dyke
* See also
Antonyms
* femme
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