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Swish (slang), the Glossary

Swish is a US English slang term for effeminate behavior and interests (camp), emphasized and sanctioned in gay male communities prior to the Stonewall riots.^[1]

19 relations: American English, Bette Davis, British English, Camp (style), Castro clone, Chassé, Comparison (grammar), Disco, Effeminacy, Falsetto, Gay men, Greta Garbo, Joel Derfner, LGBT movements, Polari, Pronoun, Slang, Stonewall riots, Tea dance (gay event).
Gay culture
Gay effeminacy
Gender roles in the LGBT community
LGBT slang
Stereotypes of LGBT people

American English

American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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British English

British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain.

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Camp (style)

Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of perceived bad taste and ironic value. Swish (slang) and Camp (style) are gay effeminacy.

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Castro clone

Castro clone is LGBT slang for a homosexual man who appears in dress and style as an idealized working-class man. Swish (slang) and Castro clone are LGBT slang.

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Chassé

The chassé (French for 'chased'; sometimes anglicized to chasse) is a dance step used in many dances in many variations.

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Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.

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Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.

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Effeminacy

Effeminacy or male femininity is the embodiment of feminine traits in boys or men, particularly those considered untypical of men or masculinity. Swish (slang) and Effeminacy are gay effeminacy.

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Falsetto

Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.

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Gay men

Gay men are male homosexuals.

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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras.

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Joel Derfner

Joel Derfner (born January 12, 1973) is an American writer and composer.

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LGBT movements

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) movements are social movements that advocate for LGBT people in society.

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Polari

Polari is a form of slang or cant historically used in Britain by some actors, circus and fairground showmen, professional wrestlers, merchant navy sailors, criminals and sex workers, and particularly among the gay subculture.

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Pronoun

In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (glossed) is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase.

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Slang

A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.

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Stonewall riots

The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.

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Tea dance (gay event)

Tea dances are events organized on Sunday afternoons in the US gay community, originating in New York in the 1950s and 1960s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swish_(slang)

Also known as Nelly (slang), Swish slang.