Etymograph

English

fruity in the booty

Fruity in the booty comes from English fruity ‘homosexual’.

  1. English1500–presentfruity‘homosexual’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000fruity in the booty

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentfruity‘homosexual’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000fruity in the booty

Earliest quotation: 2000, drunkerpelican, Re: Ever notice how...: “I've noticed you are quite fruity in the booty.…”

Made of the words fruity + in + the + booty

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Proto-Indo-European *tód

Proto-Germanic *þa

Old English þē ‘the’

Middle English þe

English the

Middle Low German bǖte ‘distribution, exchange, loot’

Old French butin ‘spoils, plunder, booty’

Middle English buty

English booty

Today it means

adj Appearing stereotypically homosexual; flamboyant, effeminate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English fruity / fruity in the booty