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Dorothy, n.|ˈdɒrəθɪ|
[The female personal name Dorothy, the name of the heroine of the book The Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels, by L. Frank Baum. The film version of the story (1939), with Judy Garland as Dorothy, was a particular favourite amongst some homosexuals.]
a friend of Dorothy (slang), a homosexual man. Also in similar allusive uses.
1972B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 66 Dorothy and Toto,..any male couple whose effeminate partner is in command. ‘When's Dorothy and Toto getting here with the chest of drawers?’ 1984McConville & Shearlaw Slanguage of Sex (1985) 82/1 Dorothy's friends, the male gay community, from the 50s onwards. 1988Capital Gay 12 Feb. 11/3 A Somewhere-Over-The-Rainbow Coalition which offers little to the friends of Dorothy because, like the Wizard of Oz, its power is illusory. 1990Private Eye 27 Apr. 20/3 ‘Just because you don't go on holiday with her doesn't mean you're a friend of Dorothy.’ Charles collapsed on a chair with his head in his hands. Dorothy? Who was she? A friend of Bunty Coker's? |