Queers United: Word of the Gay: "Molly Dike"

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Word of the Gay: "Molly Dike"

"Molly Dike" is an outdated term used for a passive lesbian.

4 comments:

Diane J Standiford said...: Wow, what I don't learn over here! HOW have I made it so far? "molly" wonder where that came from...; March 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Anonymous said...: Must be more than a decade old... I haven't heard it...; March 26, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Cerberus said...: Huh, I know that old British slang used molly as a term for male homosexual. It seems like it could be related to one of the cockney rhyming slangs, especially with the use of dike.; March 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Anonymous said...: maybe related to the term Molly Coddle(d) [passive = kept?]; March 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM

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