| 单词 | whoops, my dear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhoops, my dear 2. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Used as an exclamation or greeting, chiefly in contexts in which a man is being recognized, indicated, or portrayed as homosexual or effeminate. Originally and chiefly in Whoops, my dear and variants, with the same sense. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1941 as a n.: a homosexual man. ΚΠ 1910 B. J. Morrissey Whoops! My Dear (sheet music) 5 Upon the street both night and day he always could be found With his natty little cane and flaming crimson tie Then..you'd hear him loudly cry. ‘Whoops! my dear, Whoops! my dear’.] 1913 T. A. Dorgan Silk Hat Harry's Divorce Suit (cartoon strip) in El Paso (Texas) Morning Times 20 May 10 Woops my deah—I should get a pimple on my hip and spoil my shape. 1929 Scranton (Pa.) Republican 27 July Maj. Dick Ramsey, veteran tennis player, has invoked a new costume for the courts... In place of a regular shirt he wears a sleeveless blouse... The Maj., before his name, we take it, being an abbreviation for Majorie. whoops! 1934 ‘J. M. Hall’ Anecdota Americana 2nd Ser. 6 The chief of police is queer, Whoops my dear, Horsecock! 1941 W. Winchell On Broadway 12 Feb. He's never ogled the Radio City Rockettes in their undressing rooms... Not because he is any sissy or whoops-m'dear. 1972 C. Bramwell Stepmother's House xvii. 132 He was wearing a lavender dinner jacket, black tie and a ruffled shirt... Above this his blue eyes radiated hauteur, yet charm, ‘How provincial!’ A family grouping. Whoops, my dear! 1986 Sunday Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 27 July (Parade Mag. section) 5/1 When I talk about gays in the British theater at that time, I mean real ‘whoops, dearie’ types. < as lemmas |
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