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term used when one queen is annoyed with another big girl: a drag queen who wears plus-size clothing [2] body-ody-ody: an exclamation of when a drag queen with a feminine form shows off her figure [9] booger [2] a drag queen whose presentation is unpolished or messy, see: busted break the dawn [2] to give all that one has to something busted [6]
LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
The use of drag in this sense appeared in print as early as 1870 [5] [6] but its origin is uncertain. One suggested etymological root is 19th-century theatre slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor. [7] It may have been based on the term grand rag which was historically used for a masquerade ball. [8]
“Drag is a living and breathing definition, so it’s constantly evolving and constantly changing and constantly growing. And I do not feel like it takes away from women whatsoever,” Jazell says.
In the UK, the music hall tradition of pantomime, which often uses drag and other features of camp, remains a popular form of entertainment for families and young children. Most towns and cities in the UK stage at least one pantomime between November and February, drawing in an estimated £146 million in 2014. [19]
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
The word root ped-(usually in the combining forms peda-, pedi-, and pedo-) in English and various other Western languages has multiple Latin and Ancient Greek roots, and multiple meanings. Ped- (sometimes spelled paed- , pæd- , or rarely paid- , depending on the word and the language or dialect) is a root in English and many other Western ...