hasbian

plural hasbians

1. derogatoryoffensiveslangsometimesA woman who formerly identified as lesbian but now identifies as heterosexual or bisexual.

   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

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   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

   Synonyms: wasbian