To put your school's radon test results in perspective, outdoor air background levels of radon are about 0.4 pCi/L. Getting indoor levels below 2 pCi/L is difficult. The EPA recommends that steps should be taken to lower radon levels if they are 4 pCi/L or above.
Noun. 1. butch - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. dike, dyke. derogation, disparagement, depreciation-a communication that belittles somebody or something.utch. adj. Slang. Exhibiting stereotypically masculine appearance or behavior.
Best Answer: Most agree that it originated from 1920s Black American slang - used to define a very butch lesbian. The first printed references come from 1920s novels connected with the Harlem Renaissance and suggest that the term was originally bulldyker, with dyke being a shortened form. For example, in the 1928 novel, Home to Harlem, Claude McKay wrote:[Lesbians are] what we calls bulldyker in Harlem.