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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #402 - 03/17/00 01:51 PM origin of "pink fit"   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? #403 - 03/23/00 12:40 AM Re: origin of "pink fit"   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" #404 - 03/23/00 10:06 PM Re: origin of "pink fit"   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 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 .... #405 - 03/24/00 02:19 PM Re: origin of "pink fit"   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. 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,923 Members9,022 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members PureTech, Dilys, Abishek, Rogerdoctor, SquareDonut 9022 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 registered members (wofahulicodoc), 49 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 LukeJavan8 14 Dilys 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,978 wofahulicodoc 7,499 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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