English
lavender lad
Lavender lad comes from English lad ‘boy’.
- English1500–presentlad‘boy’
- Englishtodaylavender lad
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentlad‘boy’
- Englishtodaylavender lad
The story
Coined by U.S. federal senator Everett Dirksen in the 1950s.
Every English word from English lad
Today it means
noun A homosexual male.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English lad / lavender lad