friend of Dorothy

English

Alternative forms

Dorothy's friend

Etymology

Commonly thought to refer to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), portrayed by gay icon Judy Garland.

Pronunciation

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Noun

friend of Dorothy (plural friends of Dorothy)

(slang, dated, euphemistic) A homosexual man.
- 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Murray (Donald Faison):
  He's a disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding friend of Dorothy, know what I'm saying?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:friend of Dorothy.

See also

friend of Bill W.

Further reading

Jonathon Green (2023), “Dorothy’s friend n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang

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