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friend of Dorothy
noun
• a gay man.
• "Harry's a real friend of Dorothy, aren't you, Harry?"
Origin:
from the name of Dorothy, a character played by the actress Judy Garland (a gay icon) in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939).