fem
adjective
fem
1 American
[fem]
/ fɛm /
fem.
2
American
abbreviation
-
female.
-
feminine.
fem
British
abbreviation
-
female
-
feminine
Etymology
Origin of fem
By shortening
Example Sentences
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You're ignoring the fact that no society can survive without fem men, or masc women, or fem women, or people in between all of that.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2020
"She was amazing. She was this supercrotchety, high fem, old-school lesbian. She was a thrift store dressing person, and had a dog, and drove a Jeep, and chain-smoked, and she had no filter."
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2020
I’m fem, no worse than them, So why not my turn?
From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2016
My look was serving “faggot fairy”, my friend fierce queer fem, and my other pal eastern-Euro realness with some 90s flashback.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2014
I knew that as long as I lived I’d never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fem.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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