dykon

English

Etymology

Blend of dyke +‎ icon

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.kɒn/, /ˈdaɪ.kən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.kɑn/
• Rhymes: (UK) -aɪkən
• Homophone: daikon

Noun

dykon (plural dykons)

1. (informal) A celebrity, especially a woman (often a lesbian), who is much admired by lesbians.
   • 1994, Diane Hamer, Belinda Budge, The Good, the Bad and the Gorgeous, page 36:

     LESBIAN ICONS AND REAL LESBIAN ICONS
     If Madonna is the first among equals, the major female icon of the moment, she now has competition for dykon status in k. d. lang, who to many lesbians represents their very own 'real life' lesbian hera.

   • 1998, Raymond Murray, Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film, page 599:

     […] Singer-songwriter Hawkins has become a '90s dykon, due to her free-spirited sensuality […]

   • 1999, Ellis Hanson, Michael Moon, Michele Aina Barale, Out Takes: Essays on Queer Theory and Film, page 190:

     Deneuve was more articulate when she said of her own dykon status, "The Hunger has a very strong image of beautiful women, so perhaps it is true. […] Yes, I showed you can be beautiful and be a lesbian."

   • 2004 September 5, The Observer Magazine, page 17:

     She [the television presenter Kirstie Allsopp] says the screen Kirstie – who is now something of a dykon thanks to her bossiness, her spike heels, her 'luscious dark hair' – is pretty close to the real thing, 'just more domineering'.

Hypernyms

• gay icon