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flaming adjective- (used of a homosexual) patently, obviously US
- Most used in the term flaming queen, a homosexual who attempts thus to attract attention and drum up trade. — G. Legman, The Language of Homsexuality, pp. 1165–1166, 1941
- Why would anybody want to go to bed with a flaming little sissy like you? — Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band, p. 159, 1968
- Flaming queens like Maude often have that effect[.] — Gore Vidal, Myron, p. 297, 1974
- These were the flaming swishes of his prison days; “Bernice” and “Joan.” — Odie Hawkins, Midnight, p. 159, 1995
- If she were a lesbian, she’d be a FLAMING lesbian. She’d be out and quite vocal about it. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 178, 1995
- For all I know, all five members could be flaming homos who are good at playing breeders. — The Village Voice, 25 July 2000
- used as an intensifier UK, 1895
- I forgot to shut that flamin’ door. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 49, 1959
- This place is like a flamin’ mortuary. — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 88, 1959
- I’m no flaming quitter. — Wal Watkins, Race the Lazy River, p. 54, 1963
- You an’ yer flamin’ dope! Four bloody boxes I ate, an’ all for nothin’. — Walter Gill, Petermann Journey, p. 14, 1968
- Flaming asshole — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 118, 1968
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 79, 1971
- “What a prick,” Bob says. “What a flaming prick.” — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law, p. 49, 1974
- I’m just his flamin’ dog. Except Mr Ridge didn’t say “flaming” he was supposed to have said that other word “fucking” which neither Bern nor Henry dared say out loud. — Barney Roberts, Where’s Morning Gone?, p. 102, 1987
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