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lez

American  
[lez] / lɛz /
Also lezzie

noun

Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
lezzes plural
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.


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Etymology

Origin of lez

By shortening and respelling

Example Sentences

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The archetypal power lez, Bette was the Yale-educated badass director of a prestigious art gallery – a particular departure from stereotypical television roles for people of colour at the time.

From The Guardian May 22, 2019

“So when I heard ma boy Matt was coming for a game, I was like yeh, lez go!”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

She heard voices in the loft above her: "Ah gee, lez—oh, lez go down the lake and swipe some mushrats out of somebody's traps," Cy was yawning.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

Quant fut houre del manger, Et qe tuz alerent lauer, Li prodoms a manger s’assist, Les .iii. valez seeir i fist, Argentille lez son seignur; Serui furent a grant honur.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

En tesmoynaunce de quel payment a ycestes endentur lez ptyes susditez entrechaungeablement ount mys lours sceals.

From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

“The only people who don’t think it’s funny are us lezzes, but we’ve gotta laugh, because if we don’t—proves the point!”

From The New Yorker Jun. 28, 2018

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