lavender lad

== English == === 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. === Noun === lavender lad (plural lavender lads) (historical, US, politics, sexuality, LGBTQ, slang) A homosexual male. ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === Lavender scare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia