单词 | scene queen |
释义 | > as lemmasscene queen scene queen n. slang (a) a woman who is prominent in a particular milieu, esp. a particular music scene; cf. sense 8e (now somewhat rare); (b) (esp. in gay usage) a homosexual man who is a prominent or highly active participant in the gay social scene, esp. one who is very camp or ostentatious (cf. queen n. 13). ΚΠ 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 18 Sept. vi. 15/1 The glamorous Miss General Ideas and scene-queens created..during General Idea's [sc. a collective of artists] early life and hard times in Toronto. 1990 Orlando Sentinel Tribune (Nexis) 17 Aug. 24 The group strays gratifyingly far from the usual rock subjects, discussing..the life of a bored scene queen in ‘My Friend Goo’. 1994 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 8 Feb. b1 Only Danny could drag so many scene queens into one room. 1999 R. T. Davies Queer as Folk: Scripts Episode 5. 128 Cameron. I think that makes you officially a scene queen. Vince. I'm not. (Beat) I just go out a lot. 2001 P. Burston Shameless ii. 26 John had a tendency towards outburst like this. He was the kind of scene queen who like to cause a scene, and despite his rather softly claims that he was making a solitary stand against the poor levels of service that were the scourge of every gay man in London, the truth was that he simply enjoyed the attention. < as lemmas |
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