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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread origin of "pink fit" #402 03/17/00 01:51 PM 03/17/00 01:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 2 L lpuszcz OP stranger lpuszcz   OP stranger L 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? Re: origin of "pink fit" #403 03/23/00 12:40 AM 03/23/00 12:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh   Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Could it be the opposite of "blue fit" Re: origin of "pink fit" #404 03/23/00 10:06 PM 03/23/00 10:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 Short Hills NJ M MarkHJay stranger MarkHJay   stranger M 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 .... Re: origin of "pink fit" #405 03/24/00 02:19 PM 03/24/00 02:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 7 C conscious stranger conscious   stranger C 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 Topics13,883 Posts224,830 Members9,056 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Nikki1221, Veezkneez, LOC, Luna, wordie 9056 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 242 guests, and 4 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 47 LukeJavan8 23 A C Bowden 12 LOC 1 Wordsmith 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,157 wofahulicodoc 7,964 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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