She unearths some funny terms, like "LUG" (Lesbian Until Graduation) and "
hasbian" (a lesbian who starts sleeping with men), and judiciously quotes Gore Vidal ("Why, when young, even an unescorted cantaloupe wouldn't have been safe in my company").
Sex had a strong influence on new words and phrases, including '
hasbian' for a former lesbian who becomes heterosexual or bisexual, and 'sperm bandit' for a woman who has intercourse solely in order to become pregnant.
Our favorite
hasbian, Anne Heche, recently popped up on our gaydar again when her conservative Christian mom, Nancy Heche, publicly claimed that her prayers for Anne to no longer be gay caused her breakup with Ellen DeGeneres and her subsequent straight marriage.
10, 2003, at 118 (discussing "
hasbians," women who used to date women but have switched to men).