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pinkoes

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pink⋅o

  [ping-koh]
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–noun, plural -os, -oes. U.S. Slang.
pink 1 (def. 5).
Origin:
1935–40; pink 1 + -o

pink

1  [pingk] noun, adjective, -er, -est.
–noun
1. a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
2. any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation. Compare pink family.
3. the flower of such a plant; carnation.
4. the highest form or degree; prime: a runner in the pink of condition.
5. (often initial capital letter) Also, pinko. Slang: Disparaging. a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
6. Business Informal. a carbon copy, as of a sales slip or invoice, made on pink tissue paper.
7. pinks,
a. Fox Hunting. pink coat.
b. pinkish-tan gabardine trousers formerly worn by military officers as part of the dress uniform.
8. the scarlet color of hunting pinks.
–adjective
9. of the color pink: pink marble.
10. Slang: Disparaging. holding, or regarded as holding, mildly leftist views, esp. in politics.
—Idiom
11. tickled pink. tickle (def. 10).
Origin:
1565–75; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
pinkness, noun
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pinko

  1. n.
    a communist. (Popular during the 1950s.) : Get out of here, you pinko!
  2. mod.
    having communist tendencies; in the manner of a communist. : Get that pinko jerk out of here!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pink  (v.)
c.1307, "pierce, stab, make holes in," perhaps from a Romanic stem *pinc- (cf. Fr. piquer, Sp. picar), from L. pungere "to pierce, prick." Mainly in pinking shears.

pinko 
1936, derogatory slang form of pink, used of people whose social or political views "have a tendency toward 'red,' " a metaphor that had existed since at least 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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