les

n. a short name for a man named Lester or a person named Leslie.

n. a diminutive form of the given names Lester or Leslie.

“My uncle Leslie usually goes by Les when he is with friends.”

“Les was known throughout the department for his meticulous attention to detail and his refusal to use his full legal name on any internal memos.”

v. a casual way of writing or saying 'let's' (let us).

v. a pronunciation spelling or colloquial contraction of 'let us'.

“Les go to the park while the sun is still out.”

“The dialogue in the novel was written phonetically, using 'les' to capture the specific regional accent of the working-class characters.”

Informal · Dialect

adj. a short, often rude way of saying lesbian.

adj. a clipping of lesbian; frequently carries a derogatory or offensive connotation depending on the speaker and context.

“He used the word les in a way that was meant to be an insult.”

“The use of 'les' as a pejorative clipping is widely documented in sociolinguistic studies of homophobic discourse.”

Slang · Vulgar