Meaning of Snow Queen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female fairy tale character with magical power over snow and ice.
2. A plant of the Pacific coast of the US that blooms in late winter, of species Veronica regina-nivalis (syn. Synthyris reniformis).
3. A black gay man who prefers to have relations with white men.
   derogatory, often, slang

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Examples

“The fur and the cap, which were made entirely of snow, fell off, and he saw a lady, tall and white, it was the Snow Queen.”

“Daphne wanted to tell her that a Snow Queen can know nothing of love, only of destruction, but she remained silent, just looked away.”

“Tom announces that he doesn't believe in such a thing as a Snow Queen.”

“You have a lot of people of color here who have problems with their own racial identity. What we in the Black homosexual community term "snow queens." There's lots of them here who will not even speak to you, who will look right through you like you don't even exist, and consider association with whites as some kind of elevation of their status, in life and the community.”

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