Meaning of femmy | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).

informal

Examples

“1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure There's a new "performer" out called Tiny Tim. I'd heard quite a few things about him: guy with real long hair, real femmy.”

“Talks about world affairs, women music concerts, being held by a sexy fat dyke who is femmy and over 30.”

“Why do I wear⟳ a biker jacket? I like⟳ making people scared of me. I get⟳ treated better by the servers in the coffeehouses in the gaybourhood. Not to mention⟳ getting looked at by the dykes/bykes. :) Without the jacket, I get⟳ pushed around more on the subway, people don't get⟳ out of my way on crowded sidewalks, and men try⟳ to intimidate me -- I'm a wee femmy thing, most of the time.”

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