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mermaid
Definitions
Dated appellation for a lesbian (based on the joke that one seldom hears of mermen). QUOTE: The Three Stooges are buying a beauty parlor in Mexico in Cookoo Cavaliers (1940):
-- Curly: ' Do they have B-girls? '
-- Seller: ' Si, si. '
-- Curly: ' Sea girls! Oh, boy! Mermaids.'
(Noun) A fictional sea creature with part human, part fish features.
Usage: The mermaid is beautiful.
(Noun) Mythical sea creature with a woman's head and body and a fish's tail instead of legs.
Usage: The mermaid in the movie "The Little Mermaid" was named Arielle.
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