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Airy fairy - Definition |
| Related Words: Mab, Oberon, Titania, Air, Banshee, Bisexual, Brownie, Bubble, Butch, Catamite, Chaff, Chicken, Chip, Cobweb, Cork, Down, Dust, Dwarf, Dyke, Elf |
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Airy fairy was originally used to describe somthing delicate (see, for example, Tennyson or W. S. Gilbert). By the 1920s ( it had become disparaging, meaning weak and insubstantial (see, for example, D. H. Lawrence). By the late 19th Century, "fairy" had become an anti-gay insult.
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