English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉzÉÊ|-ÉzÉÊ
Etymology
From a shortening and alteration of lesbian|les(bian) + the Australian diminutive suffix -o.
Noun
en-noun
#context|Australian English|slang A lesbian.
#*1984, Barry Dickins, The Crookes of Epping, Pascoe Publishing, ISBN 0959210431, page 26,
#*:She was also a lezzo.
#*1986, Angelo Loukakis, Vernacular Dreams, University of Queensland, ISBN 0702220256, page 136,
#*:There is too many hippies and lezzos riding around on bikes these days already.
#*a1997, from The Picture, quoted in Jill Julius Matthews, Sex in Public: Australian Sexual Cultures, Allen & Unwin (1997), ISBN 1864480491, page 4,
#*:Wot's going down? Hot lezzo love-ins, that's wot . . . The Bisexual revolution has begun. "Lesbian chic" is bornâand I can't tell you what GOOD NEWS this is for us.
#*2006, Craig Price, Birth of the Ecowarriors, Lulu Press, Inc., ISBN 0646465015, page 68,
#*:"Piss off Greek girl," he bluffed. "Go find your lezzo friend."
References
Sue Butler and Denise Angelo, Australian Phrasebook, Lonely Planet (1998), ISBN 0864425767, page 37.
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