drag-queenese

English

Etymology

From drag queen +‎ -ese.

Noun

drag-queenese (uncountable)

1. (rare) The jargon used by drag queens.
   • 1994, Theater Week, volume 8, page 38:

     With quick shifts in and out of dialect, Rameau is able to speak French in an African-American accent, switch into East Village English, and then suddenly drawl some of the best drag-queenese heard this side of Union […]

   • 2006, Joshua Gamson, The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco, New York, NY: Picador, →ISBN, page 31:

     When such events befell him, Dooni would simply disappear for a few days, returning to tell his friends he had been “on location, filming a movie,” Los Angeles drag-queenese for doing jail time.

   • 2021, Traci Andrighetti, Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mystery; 7), Limoncello Press, →ISBN, page unknown:

     Pleasant wedding chitchat. I turned to tell Shona that “hunty” was drag-queenese for friend or comrade, but she'd already scurried off.