lavender lad

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English

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Etymology

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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

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lavender lad (plural lavender lads)

  1. (historical, US, politics, sexuality, LGBT, slang) A homosexual male.
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