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lavender lad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
laven-der lad
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A homosexual male.

American usage; Slang

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lavender lads (plural)

Phrases

lavender scare pink triangle purple triangle red scare yellow peril yellow star

Frequently Paired Words

lavender lavender scare pink triangle purple triangle red scare yellow peril yellow star

Questions

What does lavender lad mean?
A homosexual male.
Where does lavender lad come from?
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.

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