lavender lad
English
editEtymology
editCoined by U.S. federal senator Everett Dirksen in the 1950s. From the association with femininity of the color lavender. An alliterative construct, pairing lad (“boy”) and lavender.
Noun
editlavender lad (plural lavender lads)
- (historical, US, politics, sexuality, LGBT, slang) A homosexual male.
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editFurther reading
edit- Lavender scare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia