gaydy

English

Etymology

Blend of gay +‎ lady.

Noun

gaydy (plural gaydies)

1. (neologism) A gay lady; a lesbian.
   • 2013 July 12, Kate, “Orange Is The New Black 101: And There Are Lesbians”, in Autostraddle‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 July 2013:

     Piper has a tattoo of a fish! She got it in Bali when she was scuba diving with her girlfriend because getting commemorative relationship tattoos is just something we gaydies do, let’s be real.

   • 2016, Kay Siebler, Learning Queer Identity in the Digital Age, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:

     Digital age women-loving-women, gaydies, gay bois, trannie boys eschew the “L word” (i.e. “lesbian”) in post-gay, post-feminist fashion.

   • 2016, Bill Reed, Mirror, Mirror, Victoria, Australia: Reed Independent, →ISBN:

     Gaydies and Gentiles, for your land-grabbing pleasure, we present from Way Up Yours, the one’n’only … or for your Latin lovers: the oon and oon-ly… or for you local Klu Klux Klannies: the goon and the goonly… the fabulous daughter of the Freedom Bus, C… C… C… Cinnamon Brown!

   • 2017, Iestyn Edwards, My Tutu Went AWOL!: What Happens When You Perform Drag Ballet in Iraq, Unbound, →ISBN:

     ‘Gaydies and lezzerons,’ Nutter shouted into an imaginary microphone. ‘Please welcome the one, the only: Hercule Ease. […]’

   • 2022, Jonathan Larkin, Cherry Jezebel, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 4:

     Gaydies and gentlethems! The MerseyPride Icon Award goes to . . . Cherry Brandy!

   • 2023, Amara Sage, Influential, Faber & Faber Limited, →ISBN:

     ‘Sorry ladies, theydies and gaydies!’