Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lezploitation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lez-ploita-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The exploitation of women in same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in the media, especially for the purpose of titillating heterosexual males.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Is Lady Gaga scoring a victory for gay visibility by featuring butch lesbians in a pop video? Or is this "lezploitation", playing up to heterosexual fantasies about gay women?"
"Her big hit, I Kissed a Girl, was a piece of marketing genius: every bloke's fantasy, delivered by a blatantly heterosexual female. It attracted charges of "lezploitation" from the gay community […]"
"These ladies do indeed have sex, with each other, but don't mistake writer/director Peter Strickland's surreal, mischievous love story for mere lezploitation."

Etymology

From lez (“lesbian”) + -sploitation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lez

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

lesploitation (alternative) lezsploitation (alternative)

Questions

What does lezploitation mean?: The exploitation of women in same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in the media, especially for the purpose of titillating heterosexual males.
Where does lezploitation come from?: From lez (“lesbian”) + -sploitation.

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