dagger_grrl's definitions

Dykes To Watch Out For

the long running, brilliant, faithfully followed comic written and drawn by Alison Bechdel. chronicles everyday struggles with domesticity, monogamy, parenthood, dating, sex, friendship and politics from the perspective of a growing circle of lesbian, gay, queer and straight characters.

the DTWOF website has yet to create a character profile page......

by dagger_grrl February 16, 2004

drag king

a woman who, generally for public entertainment, dons men's clothes and adopts a stereotypically masculine demeanor while on stage. as with drag queens, a drag king's performance can range from a silly, overdone parody to a more natural, subtle depiction of masculinity.

that drag king at the club was so convincing, i thought she was some man who'd wandered on stage.

by dagger_grrl February 20, 2004

nude

an unclothed human body shown in an especially beautiful, artistic, or idealized manner.

a work of art displaying a nude.

a color approximating 'flesh tone', a warm pink-biege often used to color underwear or stockings.

Bouguereau's female nudes are especially lovely, but that's just me talking.

by dagger_grrl March 17, 2004

platonic

an emotinally and socially intimate, non-sexual relationship, often between two men. attributed to the greek philosopher plato, who deemed platonic friendships to be the most evolved type of love.

by dagger_grrl November 1, 2003

Rainbow

a widely recognised symbol of the glbtq community, usually in flag form, inteded to represent the diversity found among glbtq people.

the rainbow flag consitsts of six horizontal stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. is used to denote gay pride or gay-friendliness.

rick has a rainbow bumper sticker on his car.

by dagger_grrl February 13, 2004

romantic friendship

a friendship, often between members of the same sex, which is tender, caring, affectionate and resonant, but which generally does not involve sex or sexual contact.

romantic friendships between women were both common and socially accepted in the Victorian era.

by dagger_grrl October 11, 2003

crimminy

a very old irish oath with several spellings, a bastardization of "christ", i think. my grandmother says this a lot.

"crimminy, ralph, the phone is ringing! pick up the phone! no, i don't know where it is. well, where did you leave it? crimminy, why did you leave it out there? no, never mind, it's stopped ringing. dammit, it was probably betty. frank's probably died and we'll have to wait 'till tomorrow to find out about it, now won't we? oh, stop crying, ralph! crimminy!"

by dagger_grrl November 1, 2003