- The Hollywood actress who was once famously hitched to comedienne Ellen Degeneres went from A-List lesbian to “Hasbian” almost overnight
Hasbian
noun; analogy
A former lesbian who is now in a heterosexual relationship This word appears to be a metaphor for the phrase has-been, a person who was once important or popular but is now largely forgotten. Given such a less-than-flattering association, it seems to have been coined by women who are still lesbians. It’s used predominantly in the homosexual community and was created as a derogative for women who had changed their orientation to heterosexual.
Etymology : From Middle English haven, from Old English habban, from Old High German habEn “to have,” from hevan “to lift” +Middle English, from Old English bEon, from Old High German bim “am,” from Latin fui “I have been,” from futurus “about to be,” from fieri “to become, be done,” from Greek phynai “to be born, be by nature,” from phyein “to produce” + from Latin Lesbius, from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos + Latin –ian and –an [adjective]
Source : Rainbow Network
Last modified: 10 June 2008