fem

¹ American  

[fem] / fɛm /

adjective

1. feminine.

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noun

1. a woman.

2. femme.

fem. ² American  

abbreviation

1. female.

2. feminine.

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fem British  

abbreviation

1. female

2. feminine

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Etymology

Origin of fem

By shortening

Example Sentences

“You’re ignoring the fact that no society can survive without fem men, or masc women, or fem women, or people in between all of that,” tweeted “RuPaul’s Drag Race” champion Bob the Drag Queen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2020

"She was amazing. She was this supercrotchety, high fem, old-school lesbian. She was a thrift store dressing person, and had a dog, and drove a Jeep, and chain-smoked, and she had no filter."

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2020

I’m fem, no worse than them, So why not my turn?

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2016

My look was serving “faggot fairy”, my friend fierce queer fem, and my other pal eastern-Euro realness with some 90s flashback.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2014

There between the graves, a beautiful red fem had sprung up from the rich mountain soil.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls