Re: Fruitcakes was Re: Kentum/satem

Aidan Grey wrote:


>>Friends of Dorothy????
>>
>>That's one I've never heard before!
>>Do you happen to know
>>the derivation of the term?
>>Who's Dorothy?
>
>   It was used extensively in the 70s. It's from Dorothy as in the Wizard
>of Oz.
>
Oh my, long before the 70s! Youth, youth......:-)  It may have come into use
during WW II..  In addition:  "a friend of Mrs. Jones" (may pre-date
"Dorothy"), and (suitable for use around the office?) "a member of the
committee".  IIRC from Havelock Ellis, in the 1890s or so, a red necktie was
a dead giveaway.