Dictionary

hasbian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhæz.bi.ən/
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Etymology

Blend of has(-been) + (les)bian.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, offensive, slang, sometimes) A woman who formerly identified as lesbian but now identifies as heterosexual or bisexual.
   • Evelyn White reports that in feminist circles, lesbians who have gone straight — apparently all the rage these days — are known as ‘hasbians’. 1990 March 12, Herb Caen, “Plenty of Monday”, in The San Francisco Chronicle:
   • Say that you’d only just got used to telling your friends your daughter was a lesbian and do not relish having to inform them that she is now a hasbian. 1995 November 20, “Dear Dawn”, in The Dominion:
   • On the Hasbian Phenomenon [article title] 1989 June, Patricia Roth Schwartz, “On the Hasbian Phenomenon”, in off our backs, page 11; quoted in Arlene Stein, Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation, Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997, page 228, footnote 10

Forms

Relateds

bi now, gay later

Synonyms

wasbian