Re: Women Rejecting TSs

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From: O.D. Palmer
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:07

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In article <Co3w4J.6H7@tfs.com>, jab@tfs.com (Jeff Bowles) writes:
|> wat@athena.Eng.sun.com (William) writes:
|> >	Dyke has other connotations than just being a lesbian.	You may be
|> > a lesbian, but there are alot of lesbians that are not dykes.
|>
|> rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert) writes:
|> >From my dictionary: (Collins concise English dictionary, 3rd ed (1992))
|> >dyke(2) /or/ dike n. /Sl./ a lesbian. [C20: from ?]
|>
|> 	As if a dictionary would contain the subtle nuances of the
|> 	langages? That's like going to _The New York Times_ to try
|> 	to figure out what the people on the street are saying.

 My eighteen-year-old 'Webster's Third New International Dictionary'
(unabridged) has the following definition for 'dyke':

"LESBIAN; esp: one assuming an aggressively masculine role."

Note: the above quote is precise. The caps are not mine.

--

 Olivia Danielle Palmer     "This is *not* my second childhood;

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