"purity ring"

[Paul Johnson]

When that "True Love Waits" champaign started several years ago, someone
in the "Spectator" referred to it as a virgin worshiping cult.

Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>America's latest "idol," Jordin Sparks, says she wears a "purity ring" because "true love waits."  Whatever. You can Google up a zillion exx., but the earliest on Usenet (other than a couple of marginally related senses) is from 1996.
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