and the lavender! The last color was directed at the man in the prom gown. Maupin Tales of the City (1984) 153: Chairman Jesus loves you! He loves all of us! The black and the brown and the yellow and the white. ’ Thus the ‘perfume set’ of a century ago applied lavender to mean homosexual, since the first males of the era past who used ‘perfume’ were considered feminine.Ī. Homosexual Terms 27: lavender (adj.): A widespread term implying homosexuality. Fleming Diamonds Are Forever (1958) 128: Coupla lavender boys. Legman Limerick (1953) 107: There was a young colonel from Trent / Who lived in a lavender tent. When he goes across the street the traffic light turns lavender. In the Waldorf Sert Room: ‘He eats raw hamburger once a week – sort of tempers off the lavender in him.’ 18 Aug. paradise: Lavender, maybe, but violet never. West Pleasure Man (1997) Act I: stanley: And don’t you annoy the boys, Violet. ‘The Ninety-Ninth Hussars’ in Songs for the Army 46: Sir Lavender Silk was a pretty young man, / His men, though respectful, had thoughts of their own / Which might have spoke out if they chose, / That Sir Lavender Silk had the aspect alone / Of a Lady dressed up in men’s clothes!].
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