dykeling

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English

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Etymology

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From dyke +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dykeling (plural dykelings)

  1. (LGBTQ slang, rare) A young or immature lesbian.
    • 1981 December 12, Kathy MacDonald, Jay Darnell, Anne Simon, Maryanne Kirkbride, “NOLAG Eats Wheaties”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4:
      We encourage each GCN reader to sit in a comfortable place, close his/her eyes and dream of a NOLAG as nationally recognized recognized as the ACLU, NAACP, or NOW. Dream of little faglets and dykelings coming to you and asking what it was like to live in a time when people could hate you or kill you because of who loved.
    • 2002, Alisa Solomon, Framji Minwalla, The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater, page 253:
      They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans. They'll wheel the old queen out.