light in the loafers

comparative more light in the loafers · superlative most light in the loafers · alternative light in the sneakers

1. derogatoryeuphemisticidiomaticslangGay; homosexual.

   Men of my group are either married or, as S.P. would say, ‘light in the loafers.’ Homosexuals, you'd call them.

   1980, Helen Van Slyke, No Love Lost, New York: Lippincott & Crowell, page 203

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   You'll make a nice living; and maybe when you're sixty you'll marry a nice guy, a little light in the loafers maybe, but you'll still be pure by then; and you'll do the grand-lady bit, and he’ll be your escort.

   1981, Heywood Gould, Glitterburn, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 98

   “What about Father Jim and Mr. Gary?” Mary Lane said, passing by me, “They are light in the loafers together.”

   2007, Lesley Kagen, Whistling In the Dark, Penguin, →ISBN

   Synonyms: homophile, homosexual, like that, queer, similisexual, that way

2. datedderogatoryidiomaticobsoleteslangCrazy or eccentric.