light in the loafers
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Adjective[edit]
light in the loafers (comparative more light in the loafers, superlative most light in the loafers)
- (idiomatic, slang, derogatory, euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homosexual
- 1980, Helen Van Slyke, No Love Lost, New York: Lippincott & Crowell, page 203:
- Men of my group are either married or, as S.P. would say, ‘light in the loafers.’ Homosexuals, you'd call them.
- (idiomatic, slang, derogatory, dated, obsolete) Crazy or eccentric.
Translations[edit]
homosexual — see also homosexual
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References[edit]
- ^ Eric Partridge (2007) “light in the loafers”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 400.
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “light in the loafers adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang