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.