friend of Dorothy

British  

/ ˈdɒrəθɪ /

noun

1. informal a male homosexual

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Etymology

Origin of friend of Dorothy

C20: after a character in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz played by Judy _Garland , who has a large gay following

Example Sentences

She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Washington Times

She is notable to for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Seattle Times

She was a friend of Dorothy Hammerstein, whose husband was the lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II; their son Jamie became friends with young Steve, and when the Hammersteins moved to a Pennsylvania farm, Stephen, who had begun playing the piano at 7, went for a visit and stayed for the summer.

From New York Times

But, according to people we called, Bessie was a friend of Dorothy Andersen—or “Andy” as she was known to Bessie.

From Scientific American

Surrounding them were green-skinned witches holding brooms and little rainbow flags that read “Friend of Dorothy,” a coded phrase gay people have used to identify each other.

From Washington Post