morphodite

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morphodite (plural morphodites)

  1. (slang) Hermaphrodite.
  2. (slang, dated, derogatory) Any person exhibiting sexual or gender divergence, such as a transvestite or homosexual.
    • 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
      [Recounting an event from 1926] The rest of the summer I'd get a bit of head on from the Speakeasy's Special [] and scuffle around with the guys in front of the Cribs. On the way home, one of the guys who had noticed I hadn't gone in with the rest of them, gave me what turned out to be a "pat" lecture on not letting those murphadites get near me or get me drunk.

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