Meaning of pink | Babel Free

Definitions

1. rose
2. Half-shut; winking.
   not-comparable, obsolete
3. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
4. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
5. Having conjunctivitis.
6. By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
7. feminine singular of roso
8. Relating to women or girls.
   informal
9. Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.”

“pink-collar”

“pink job”

“the pink economy”

“pink pound”

“pink dollar”

“pink triangle”

“The lesbian and gay movement must decide whether the Parade is for celebrating how far we've come as we further our struggle for liberation, or whether it is going to be just another profit-making industry, supporting lesbian and gay careerism and becoming part of the Establishment (albeit a pink one!)”

“Come, thou monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! In thy vats our cares be drowned, With thy grapes our hairs be crowned.”

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