Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ki-ki

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: ki--ki
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

3

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of kiki (“lesbian who is neither butch nor femme”).

Example Sentences

"Ignored, however, in previous and current discussions of roles among Lesbians is the "ki-ki.""
"We joked about reversal of expectations : 'Get a butch home and she turns over on her back.' But from all other reports, seriousness and the placing of implicit delimitations underlay the jokes. Lorde spoke of the stigma of being ki-ki (someone who changed her erotic role of butch or fem depending on her partner) in the Greenwich Village, New York, 1950s bar scene."

Questions

What does ki-ki mean?: Alternative form of kiki (“lesbian who is neither butch nor femme”).

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