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Bi

Bi

3 7.2
A short form of bisexual for someone attracted to people of more than one gender
  • adjective
  • /baɪ/
  • Informal
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  • In the utopia I envision, people will still, when it's relevant, talk openly about being bi, straight, or gay, but no one will bat an eyelash: it just won't matter anymore.
  • straight, bi
  • bi, lesbian
  • gay, bi

Or they do exclusive cans that are the trans flag, the BI flag.

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Examples

  • Either you're bi, lesbian or straight.

    She Hate Me (2004)

  • When Jamie came out as bi, her friends were supportive and happy for her.

  • A straight man cannot decide to be straight or bi or gay.

  • If I was bi, I would know, I think, You know I would.

  • A man who is attracted to you is bi or gay.

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  • I'm bi, and there is no way I would shower with a guy standing right next to me.

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  • Hollywood has more gay and bi men than there are blades of grass in the field.

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  • Personally, I have several female and bi male friends who I have either had sex with or would if the offer was on the table, who are perfectly good friends outside of this.

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  • A man who acts sexually interested in me is clearly either bi or gay; that's all you can say for sure.

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  • I'm bi, and have been as long as I can remember—almost 50 years now.

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Synonyms

bisexual
vsBi
76 3.9

Attracted to both men and women

is the informal short form for the same attraction
bisexual person
vsBi
1 3.7

A person who is attracted to both men and women

is the informal short form used for that type of person
switch-hitter
vsBi
  • Slang
1 9.9

An informal term for a person who is sexually attracted to both men and women

is the informal short form rather than a slang label
ambisexual
vsBi
8.3

Sexually attracted to both men and women

is the informal short form more commonly used in everyday speech

Idioms

bi and proud
  • Informal
8.5

Open about being bisexual and proud of it

bi now, gay later
  • Informal
9.9

A humorous way to say someone is bisexual now but may become gay later

Compounds

bi representation
6.5

Showing bisexual people and their lives in media like films and TV

bi-fold door
3.4

A door with two panels that fold to one side to save space

Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
  • NSFW
9.9

A Libyan armed Islamist group formed in 1995 that supported al-Qaeda and tried to kill Muammar Qaddafi

Surface Forms

Bi positive

Etymology

Bi is an informal short form of bisexual, using the root bi- which means 'two' or 'twice', the same root you see in bicycle and bilingual; so to be Bi is to be attracted to more than one gender.