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Fruit, fruity, and fruitcake, as well as its many variations, are slang or even sexual slang terms which have various origins. These terms have often been used derogatorily to refer to LGBT people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Usually used as pejoratives , the terms have also been re-appropriated as insider terms of endearment within LGBT communities. [ 3 ]
Christmas cake, a type of fruitcake served at Christmas time in the UK, Ireland, Japan, Philippines and many Commonwealth countries "Doctor Fruit Cake", a 1971 episode of Lollipop Loves Mr Mole; Dr. Fruitcake, a fictional character from The Mr. Potato Head Show; Fruit Cake Lady from the Tonight Show; fruitcake model of the atom
Once one of the most popular cakes around, fruitcake, a dense bread-like cake studded with candied fruits, has become a national joke in the US., many calling it one of the worst holiday gifts.
This definition of a slang term seems extremely biased towards LGBT and US terminology. For example "How're ya doin' me ol' fruit" is a very common expression in the south of England. Similarly "fruit cake" (as mentioned in the AfD) is a common expression that predates any usage of "LGBT" and means idiot, fool, mentally impaired.
A few years ago, my father arranged to send me a mail-order fruitcake at Christmastime. Made in Texas, it was famous among fruitcake lovers—or, at least, among people who gave fruitcakes to ...
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Fruit (slang) as well as fruitcake and variations (like fruit-fly) are usually derogatory slurs for gay and effeminate men (or LGBT people); concurrent definitions are more genial; FRUIT, a problem in secondary surveillance radars; Fruit of the Loom, an American apparel company
Fred Sirieix has opened up about how other people’s “unconscious bias” has manifested in his relationship with a woman who is from a different ethnicity to him and his children.. The First ...