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Pinko is a pejorative term for a person on the left of the political spectrum. The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism. Thus pink could describe a "lighter form of communism", purportedly promoted by supporters and believers of socialism who were not themselves actual or ...
Pink money, the pink pound or pink dollar is an economic term which refers to the spending power of the LGBT community. [43] Advertising agencies sometimes call the gay market the pink economy. Tickled pink means extremely pleased. The Pink Tax refers to the invisible price women must pay for goods that are created and advertised specifically ...
(slang, derogatory) foolish person, used esp. in northern England but also common elsewhere. Derived from the Northern English term pillicock, a dialect term for penis, although the connection is rarely made in general use. pinch * to steal. pisshead (vulgar) someone who regularly gets heavily drunk (cf. BrE meaning of pissed).
Preppy is a slang word that means colorful, frilly clothing. ... Think of film and television characters like Steff McKee from “Pretty in Pink,” Blair Waldorf from “Gossip Girl” or Carlton ...
Pinkwashing is a portmanteau word which combines "pink" and "whitewashing". The term is most often used to describe various forms of cause marketing. Pinkwashing may refer to: Pinkwashing (W Sports), the promotion of women’s sports. This is primarily to protect the egos of the men running major sporting bodies and prevent women from competing ...
By 2020, "pinkwashing" had become a popular term used by anti-occupation groups to describe the Israeli authorities' attitude towards LGBTQ Palestinians. That same year, Al-Qaws published "Beyond Propaganda: Pinkwashing as Colonial Violence," a paper detailing how the Israeli state and its supporters use the language of gay and trans rights to ...
The pink triangle was later reclaimed by gay men, as well as some lesbians, in various political movements as a symbol of personal pride and remembrance. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ( ACT-UP ) adopted the downward-pointing pink triangle to symbolize the "active fight back" against HIV / AIDS "rather than a passive resignation ...
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.