dykeling

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noun

A young or immature lesbian.

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Meanings

noundykeling (plural dykelings)

plural dykelings

  1. rareLGBTQ slangA young or immature lesbian.

    They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans. They'll wheel the old queen out.

    2002, Alisa Solomon, Framji Minwalla, The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater, page 253
    1 more example

    We encourage each GCN reader to sit in a comfortable place, close his/her eyes and dream of a NOLAG as nationally recognized recognized as the ACLU, NAACP, or NOW. Dream of little faglets and dykelings coming to you and asking what it was like to live in a time when people could hate you or kill you because of who loved.

    1981 December 12, Kathy MacDonald, Jay Darnell, Anne Simon, Maryanne Kirkbride, “NOLAG Eats Wheaties”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4

Origin

From dyke + -ling.

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APA

dykeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dykeling

MLA

“dykeling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dykeling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dykeling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dykeling.

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