What comes to mind when some one uses the word 'dyke'?

I tend to picture a short chubby woman with a crew cut and no make up wearing a plaid flannel shirt over a white tank top and jeans. Basically, the sort of gals I used to see at the Dufferin back in the eighties. Women that look like PE teachers.

Dykes on bikes.

What comes to mind is a heavyset, short-haired, square-jawed woman that you have a very hard time telling what the sex is.

Did you ever see that comedienne who did her whole bit on the fact that she is a dyke? I saw her once on Comedy Central three years ago, and she was hysterical.

I haven't heard the word in years, but the way I've heard it used means "lesbian".

No pic's?

Shall I tell my story, or should I wait a bit?

one of two things: Either a disparaging remark or a term meant to be funny when uttered among friends. Depends on who is saying it and of whom the term "dyke" is being said.

Not that I recall.

Tell your story.

When I hear the word dyke a lot of things happen at once. Immediately I think of a masculine appearing & behaving lesbian. Very short hair, wallet, jeans, man's watch. Walks with a bit of a strut. Has slightly aggressive body language, like they are looking for a fight. Back when I lived in real society & not this stupid little hamlet when I would go out this is the type of lesbian is who approached me most often, but I just don't find it attractive.
Other than that I see it as a general term that lesbians use amongst themselves as a joke, like, 'What do you expect from a dyke?' and people laugh. I don't see myself as a dyke. I don't like the word lesbian. I think of braless, sandal wearing hippies (oo, could be new survey, maybe I'll do jerk too?) I just say I like girls. To make it easy for some people I say 'I'm gay.'

My girlfriend casually calls herself a dyke but she is far from what I imagine a dyke being, in appearance. Now attitude I think she has a bit dyke attitude sometimes. Like doing the money and other responsibilities that make her feel right within herself and I'm lazy enough to let her go with it. And a sort protective attitude which I find charming. Anyway, she doesn't dress like that at all, but she is a very confident & responsible person.

Short, chubby,short hair, wallet with a chain, man shoes, man shirt, short fingernails, cocky

> Tell your story.

Where is it??? I was going to cut and paste it and I can't remember where it is?!

Lesbian.

Lesbian Central!

A lesbian. Nothing more nothing less.

The L Word.

k.d. lang

It's a slang term for a lesbian. But I usually think of the dam type structure first.

A "female" who has hormone problems and should have been born a male.

Either a short young fat woman with a butch haircut ot a tall skinny old woman with long hair, spectacles, and a patchwork home made vest.

Sorry folks, I calls 'em likes I sees 'em.

"lesbians" however look like everybody else

Ellen

Honestly?..........Does anyone remember the obnoxious female character in the Dirty Harry Movie Sudden Impact ? who was part of the gang-rape of Sondra Locke's character?

When I was working at the nuclear plant, a few years back, we were in an outage. Which meant many contractors were on sight working with us. My job, on midnights, was manning(sic) the tool room with my lesbian friend. It was about 4 am and we were loopy anyway, but here comes 4 large hairy sober looking pipefitters to the window to ask for tools. We stood there staring at each other when the guy blurts out, "Hey, you got a pair of dykes in there?" My friend and I stared at him and then looked at each other and than we ran to the back of the toolroom busting a gut laughing. Dykes, or dikes (?) is a slang term for linemans pliers. We knew that, but OMG it was hilarious. I was literally on my knees holding my sides in from laughing so hard. We scurried over to the bins and each grabbed one of each size and went back to the window, and there they were, just as we left them with these sober looking faces, which made it even funnier because they didn't realize what was happening. We still laugh about that one. I think my lesbian friend and I sort of looked like dykes at the time, too.

I put it in, I never could find the original, this one will do.

Dyke=A lesbian who acts and dresses like a man.
Lipstick lesbian= A lesbian who is attractive and who displays traditional female characteristics..

Are you talking about Pat on Saturday Night Live?

The usual bunch of stereotypes.

verbally, my sister. on paper, isnt that the same thing as a dam?

Are you talking about your story?

yes, indeedy.

I think Pat was a long time ago.

You like my avatar?

bite me

OOOHHH, kitti, I did not mean you bite me, that was supposed to be for pennyann...things are going goofy here. I don't know what happened!

Are you talking 'bite me' about my avatar? I picked it out just for you!

It is so...evil, awful, ewww.

What about yours, it's pretty scary too!

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Ah. I see and are you going to type lIKE tHIS aLL dAY oN tHE fIRST?

No, this woman was not in drag... she was a short-haired blond, rather heavily-built, and wore jeans and a flannel sleeveless shirt. She poked fun at herself and at stereotypes of dykes. She had a very droll way of putting things.... "I was driving to work the other day.... in my truck..." (Rolled eyes) Damn, I know that wasn't funny... you'd just have to see her, it was her delivery as well as what she said.

I remember her, David. I still remember her "Tell me that you like it" line in the rape scene.

Truly was accidental, but I went with it. I think everyone ought to type (typo) like that on the first. think we could rally them all together on this?

> Lesbian Central!

Lesbian Syncophant Central, but that may be excluding a few of the other users..

Possibly.

Sycophant? Who's a sycophant?

lol

A not very nice term for a lesbian.

All ye who adore the man they call 'bill'.

Yep....that is my definition of Dyke..

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"The Dick Van Dyke Show" of course try to put a show on TV with a name like that today!? Couldn't happen someone would be offended or complain. Ah the old day's. Has everything REALLY gotten better???????

Ah, I see.

Nope.

A butch lesbian.

Hmmm, guess it'll have to rely on visuals. Some of these explanations are quite, graphic.

lesbian

I think its not a great word, but the first thing that comes into my mind upon hearing the word is of course.. 'lesbian'

A mannish lesbian.

lesbian. and it would depend on how you said it or used it as to whether i thought it was derogatory or not.

A lesbian that acts/dresses in a masculine way.

A butch lesbian.

A woman that is a lesbian, and has a rough sounding voice, and looks like she could be a linebacker for the l.a. rams.

A woman who fudgez anotha woman (like half of me).

a lesbian woman that is more masculine...like Ellen Degeneris

Lesbian

Bull dyke.

A butch lesbian.

When I hear someone use the word "dyke" (not refering to the water-stopping structure) what instantly comes to mind are the highly capable women that I served with in Kuwait and Iraq. I liked the ones that I was exposed to as they were always professional in manner and did a kick-ass job there. It didn't hurt that some were my good friends. Although I lost track of them, I hope that life is treating them well.

a rather masculine acting woman (lesbian) who likes to dress in drag

The lady on security at Waterstone's. She even has one of those tattoos where it's two female symbol things linked at the circle. One of them is in rainbow colours. Lol.