Cosmopolitan (India)

KNOW YOUR LESBIAN LINGO

- —Trish Bendix, Managing Editor of the pop-culture site, afterellen.com

/ Baby Dyke / A newly out lesbian, usually under the age of 30. She’ll require a lot of guidance.

/ Gold-Star lesbian / A gay chick who has never slept with a guy (get it? She’s so lesbian, she gets a gold star!).

/ Femme / A lesbian who prefers stilettos to sneakers (a preferred term to Lipstick Lesbian).

/ Boi / An androgynou­s girl, the type who comprises most of the entries on the Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber blog.

/ Hasbian / A former lesbian who’s now dating dudes. She’s renounced her interest in women.

/ Celesbian / A famous gay woman, like Portia de Rossi. Can also mean someone famous in the lesbian community.

/ LUG / Lesbian until graduation. A coed who sleeps with women but only while in college, most likely a liberal-arts school.

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