Little Pink

noun

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 小粉紅/小粉红 (xiǎofěnhóng). Compare pinko.

Definitions

  1. A nationalist supporter of the Chinese Communist Party who expresses such views on the…

    A nationalist supporter of the Chinese Communist Party who expresses such views on the internet.

    • According to People's Daily, the party newspaper, these Little Pinks were born between 1992 and 1998, are 57.9 percent female, and are interested in entertaining media contents, such as celebrities, music, and travel.
    • In this respect, the CYL defended the Little Pinks and attacked public intellectuals who criticized patriotic netizens.
    • The Diba Expedition gave birth to a new breed of cybernationalists and populists—the Little Pinks.
  2. Alternative form of Little Pink.

    • One aspect of that thinking is that 'even little pinks can be feminist.'
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, pink.

    • This elegant little pink is an old inhabitant of the gardens, having been first introduced in 1759, but it is still rare, being met with only in a few curious collections, although few plants are better suited to ornament rockwork.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Little Pink. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA