friend of Dorothy

English

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Etymology

Commonly thought to refer to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), portrayed by gay icon Judy Garland; alternatively (or additionally) it could be a reference to writer Dorothy Parker, who was friends with many gay men.

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Noun

friend of Dorothy (plural friends of Dorothy)

  1. (slang, dated, euphemistic) A homosexual man.
    • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Murray (Donald Faison):
      He's a disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding friend of Dorothy, know what I'm saying?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:friend of Dorothy.

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