friend of Dorothy

/ ˈdɒrəθɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   a male homosexual

Word History and Origins

Origin of friend of Dorothy¹

C20: after a character in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz played by Judy Garland , who has a large gay following

Example Sentences

And there then is the "friend of Dorothy" phrase, which Carson is asked upon attempting to follow pitcher Lupe into what Carson doesn't realize is an underground gay bar.

From Salon

She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Washington Times

She is notable to for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Seattle Times

She was a friend of Dorothy Hammerstein, whose husband was the lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II; their son Jamie became friends with young Steve, and when the Hammersteins moved to a Pennsylvania farm, Stephen, who had begun playing the piano at 7, went for a visit and stayed for the summer.

From New York Times

But, according to people we called, Bessie was a friend of Dorothy Andersen—or “Andy” as she was known to Bessie.

From Scientific American