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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread origin of "pink fit" #402 03/17/2000 1:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 2 lpuszcz stranger lpuszcz stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 2 I came across the expression "pink fit" in a book the other day. Any ideas as to where this expression came from? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: origin of "pink fit" #403 03/23/2000 12:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Could it be the opposite of "blue fit" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: origin of "pink fit" #404 03/23/2000 10:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 Short Hills NJ MarkHJay stranger MarkHJay stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 Short Hills NJ I have read this expression in an old (1940's? 1950?) book. In context, it meant an overstated and exaggeratedly gay expostulation. "Pink" was a perjorative way to refer to a gay male. In the 1940's/1950's, gay women had yet to be invented .... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: origin of "pink fit" #405 03/24/2000 2:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 7 conscious stranger conscious stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 7 How about pink fit referring to the fact that when one is having one, his/her face becomes pink/red with anger? Sounds plausible. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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