Fem
/fɛm/ adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of femme. uncommon
"Oral history gave them an opportunity to share their vision of the world across generations, while giving us a chance to imagine the pleasure and pain of daily life for butches and fems in an earlier period."
- 2 Initialism of field emission microscopy. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 3 A feminine or effeminate person. colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
"Versatile, but love to bottom … No divas or fems. Not homophobic at all, just my personal preference."
- 4 Initialism of front end module. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of finite element method. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Adjective
- 1 Feminine, effeminate. colloquial
- 2 Synonym of femme.
"Dozens of queers, including female to male/male to female transsexuals, leathers, bears and bisexuals, butch and fem lesbians, […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Ferdinand Marcos, 9th President of the Philippines. Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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More examples"Oral history gave them an opportunity to share their vision of the world across generations, while giving us a chance to imagine the pleasure and pain of daily life for butches and fems in an earlier period."
Etymology
Clipping of feminine.