Office drag
What does 'drag' mean in this text?
The translation shows disguise, but why would 'drag' has this meaning?
"For the first 10 years of my career, I thought there was one way to be a leader: decisive and serious. But that's not me. So I'd put on basically office drag to fit the role: I'd talk in a deeper voice, try to hold in my hand motions. I'm someone who gets really excited about things, so I'd temper that. I had this little voice in my head, telling me, "You're too gay, too feminine, too flamboyant." I had one well-intentioned adviser who said, "Everyone knows you're gay. And that's great. But you don't need to beat them over the head with it."
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Ella Ye The translation shows disguise, but why would 'drag' have this meaning? *** only knows. It's slang.
- Ella Ye The translation shows disguise, but why would 'drag' have this meaning?
- *** only knows.
- It's slang.
- The first citation in the OED is from 1870 in the meaning "feminine attire on a man".
- There was apparently such a thing as a "drag party" where homosexual men got together in those days.
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Ella YeThe translation shows disguise, but why would 'drag' have this meaning?
*** only knows. It's slang. The first citation in the OED is from 1870 in the meaning "feminine attire on a man". There was apparently such a thing as a "drag party" where homosexual men got together in those days. There also used to be a kind of slow dance or song
0Ella YeWhat does 'drag' mean in this text?
See entry #9 (under the entry for nouns) https://www.thefreedictionary.com/drag
9. The clothing characteristic of one *** when worn by a member of the opposite ***: an actor in drag.
0Ella YeThe translation shows disguise
The broader definition includes any kind of clothing that is seen as uniform in some way, including of course, uniforms. In this broader (and lesser used) sense, even men in military uniforms are wearing "drag", as are doctors and nurses when in the clothes by which we normally recognize that they are, in fact, doctors
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