lesbianate

verb

lesbianate

verb

Etymology From lesbian + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Apparently coined in 1967 by Governor of Gibraltar Gerald Lathbury as a nonce word to rhyme with fifty-eight in a poem regarding the breeding of Barbary macaques in Gibraltar.

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Rare To engage in lesbian sex.

  • So long as we have Joe (born at Queen's Gate in fifty-eight) No female ape need pine Or lesbianate.1967, Gerald Lathbury, quotee, “Poets aped in Gibraltar monkey business”, in BBC News:
  • Try to figure out ways you can 'lesbianate' in public. Can you get your finger down her pants at the movie theater?1987, JoAnn Loulan, Mariah Burton Nelson, Lesbian Passion: Loving Ourselves and Each Other, Aunt Lute Books, →ISBN:
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  • So, a check was deposited into her bank account at the first of every month. SSI. $660, and she could write & paint and lesbianate to her hearts content, possessing enviable free time2008, Red Jordan Arobateau, Leader of the Pack, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 156:

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