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Sunday, 25 February 2018

Sunday Rest: hasbian. Word Not To Use Today.

The word hasbian, with its nasty echo of has-been, describes a lesbian who is now heterosexual or bisexual.

I'm not saying that such people do not exist; but the presence of the word in the English vocabulary is surely an encouragement not only to ignorance, but to persecution.

Word Not To Use, Ever: hasbian. This is a 1900s mix of has-been and lesbian.

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