flata

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to flatter

Etymology
Recorded since at least the 1960s, where it occurs in Haldo Gibson's slang dictionary. Probably derived from, alluding to an unwomanly body shape.

Noun

 * 1)  a female homosexual, a lesbo, a dyke
 * 2) a flat side (of something), a flat
 * 3) a palm (of the hand)
 * 1) a palm (of the hand)
 * 1) a palm (of the hand)

Usage notes
Flata has previously been a highly offensive slur towards homosexual women, but has been used by the gay rights movement as a self-descriptive term in order to reclaim and destigmatize it. See also.