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hanky code; hankie code
noun
a designation of a person’s sexual preferences, signalled by the colour of the handkerchief and the pocket in which it is worn US, 1991- Though the hanky code was originated by gay men, it has been adopted by cruising lesbians and bi’s. — Taste of Latex, p. 24, Winter 1990–1991
- To make matters worse, after we’ve spent years figuring out an entire, ever expanding hanky code of fun things to do, now we hear about “safe sex.” — Cindy Patton, Fatal Advice, p. 92, 1996
- [T]he authors recount “apocryphal tales of all-male square dances, where the man dancing the woman’s part wore a red bandanna on his arm–the precursor of the modern hanky code.” — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 1 (Sunday Review), 14 April 1996
- See, the Hankie Code, that’s how you said what you wanted and who you were. — Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, p. 211, 2002
- Adopted by dykes and straights, the kinky hankie code was created by gay leathermen in the early days of s/m culture as a way to communicate about sex. — The Village Voice, 17–23 November 2002
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