lesbos

noun

1. Mytilene(def 1).

noun, plural les·bos. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.

noun

1. an island in the E Aegean, off the NW coast of Turkey: a centre of lyric poetry, led by Alcaeus and Sappho (6th century bc); annexed to Greece in 1913. Chief town: Mytilene. Pop: 90 642 (2001). Area: 1630 sq km (630 sq miles)Modern Greek name: Lésvos Former name: Mytilene

by 1940, colloquial shortening of lesbian.