wear the ruby slippers

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 16, 2011, at 6:55 AM, crawford wrote:

> I presume the expression "wear the ruby slippers" (from
> The Wizard of Oz) is an oblique reference to "friends of Dorothy".
>
> Has anyone else come across the expression used to indicate homosexuality?

posting here:
  http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/rubyred-slipperspumps/

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