lavender lad
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined 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[edit]
lavender lad (plural lavender lads)
- (historical, US, politics, sexuality, LGBT, slang) A homosexual male.
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Further reading[edit]
- Lavender scare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia