What nicknames do you hear to refer to a homosexual woman? “She’s a(n) ________.”
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| DYKE | 4 |
| LESBIAN | 4 |
| DIKE | 3 |
| LESBO | 3 |
| BUTCH | 2 |
| LEZZIE | 2 |
| BULL DAGGER | 1 |
| CARPET MUNCHER | 1 |
| LESI | 1 |
| LEZ | 1 |
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