parlour pink

“A person whose professed left-wing principles are insincere or not matched by their lifestyle. 1929–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

pink

“A white person. 1926–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

pink lady

“A cocktail of gin, grenadine, egg white, etc. 1929–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

pinko

“Politically ‘pink’ or mildly Communist. 1925–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

pink toe(s)

“A light-skinned African-American woman, a white girl. 1930–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

purple haze

“The drug LSD. 1967–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

purple heart

“A tablet of the stimulant Drinamyl, an amphetamine. 1961–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

rainbow

“A capsule of the barbituates Amytral and Seconal, of which one end is blue and the other red. 1970–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red

“An anarchist or republican; a Russian Bolshevik, a communist or extreme socialist. . . . 1851–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

red ball

“A fast goods train or lorry; priority freight. 1927–.”

—Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.