chapstick

a type of lesbian who falls in the center of the femme-butch spectrum, usually slightly more femme than they are butch

see chapstick lesbian

Friend 1: She's not really a femme but she's definitely not butch.
Friend 2: Oh, she's a chapstick!

chapstick lesbian

A lesbian that's close to the center, maybe slightly on the femme side, of the femme-butch spectrum. A lesbian on the butch side of center, might be more accurately considered a soft butch.

A very typical look is shoulder-length hair with a mens-fit tshirt, jeans, and Timbs/Doc Martens/Vans. They might wear no makeup at all or they might do some combination of foundation/mascara/concealer. They wouldn't usually do a full eyeshadow/eyeliner/falsh lashes/lipstick situation. Alternatively, chapsticks might lean towards athletic clothing like sports bras, basketball shorts, and muscle tanks. Formally, they might wear a suit jacket over a more feminine shirt or a women's fit button up rather than a suit or a dress. Other typical chapstick clothing items include looser-fit jean jackets, leather jackets, flannels, collared shirts, beanies, and baseball caps worn forwards or backwards. To see a variety of chapstick looks I would search up King Princess, Amy Ordman, Samira Wiley, Gaby Dunn (who is actually bi, not a lesbian), Ashley Perez (I believe she identifies as queer), Ava Palazzolo, Breanne Williamson, AmbersCloset, and Ally Hills on instagram (all of whom are really great queer creators/influencers/celebrities to check out if you happen to be looking). Also on TV check out Casey in Atypical (also bi); Yorkie in the San Junipero episode of Black Mirror; and Alex, Nicky, and Poussey in Orange is the New Black.

Friend 1: Hey, do you think I'm butch or femme?
Friend 2: Neither really... I think you're more of a chapstick lesbian.

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bi-cut

Short for bisexual haircut. Usually, when a bisexual girl's hair is cut to shoulder length. If you were to make sweeping statements about groups of people, typically straight girls have long hair and lesbians have very short hair, so the bisexual girls would have a haircut in-between, thus, the bi-cut.

Girl 1: You cut your hair!
Girl 2: Yeah I want girls to know I'm queer without guys thinking I'm a lesbian so I got a bi-cut.