lavender lad
lavender lad · lavender lads
A homosexual maleA homosexual male.
Meaning
1 senses(US, historical, slang)A homosexual male.
Origin
Coined by U.S. federal senator Everett Dirksen in the 1950s. From the association with femCoined 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.
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Forms
plural: lavender lads| Singular | lavender lad |
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