[Ads-l] heteroflexible (May 1999)

[Ben Zimmer]

On his Word Spy site, Paul McFedries dates this to 1996:

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"If Michael Jackson wanted me as a boyfriend, I'd go with him as long as I
could scam enough money from him," the hetero-flexible Joey told me.
--Frank Owen, "Rebels without a lease," The Village Voice, May 07, 1996
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--bgz

On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

>
> Not in the OED.
>
> Rook. “Jumped the Gun re: Cancel Watch.” Usenet: soc.bi, 16 May 1999. [
> https://groups.google.com/g/soc.bi/c/edDWC6b_wIY/m/1u-bmRUN2yMJ ](
> https://groups.google.com/g/soc.bi/c/edDWC6b_wIY/m/1u-bmRUN2yMJ )
>
> "Yes, it's a disgusting state of affairs, and the female bisexuality that
> het society is open too is largely fantasy and has little to do with any bi
> folk. The bi male, by comparison, is simply a traitor to both the het
> patriarchy and the gay patriarchy. Consider media portrayals of
> bisexuality—there are far more portrayals of bi or heteroflexible females
> than bi males, and bi female characters are far more likely to be presented
> sympathetically than bi male characters are."
>
>
>

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