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squirrel friend en · NOUN

Etymology

A pun on "hiding nuts" (i.e., testicles).

Meanings

1. (uncommon) A friend or associate who is also a drag queen.
   • The rumors are true. After months of speculation, Squirrel Friends worldwide got confirmation regarding the next season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars — featuring the previous winners of the reality competition series. 2022 May 2, Julia Dzurillay, “The Vivienne Says She Forged Lifelong Friendships With Her ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars 7’ Sisters”, in Showbiz Cheat Sheet:
   • Tia Kofi and her squirrel friends reveal what went on behind the scenes and what they really think of each other! 2021, Christian Guiltenane, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: The Official Companion:
   • god has black friends and gay friends and squirrel friends. god has sex & pardons herself. god runs naked in the rain and pees in public. god doesn't have hair or a gender. 2020, skitzy sandcastle, bubbles sandcastle, drag queen in the white house:
   • We can’t wait for our UK squirrel friends to be able to watch along each week, with new episodes of All Stars and Untucked streaming exclusively on WOW Presents Plus. 2022 May, Sam Damshenas, “All Stars 7: Watch the trailer for Drag Race’s first ever winners’ season”, in Gay Times:
   • Four queens (or top four “squirrel friends,” as RuPaul often addresses them) entered the finale: Symone, the Faulkner County queen who moved to L.A. as a part of fashion/culture/media braintrust House of Avalon — a self-described gay street gang of Arkansans living in Los Angeles; Rose, a stunningly polished dancer, actor and singer with a smile for days; Kandy Muse, a fearless, fiery Dominican/Brooklyn doll; Gottmik, a wildly talented fashion designer, makeup artist and self-fashioned comedian who was also the first trans man to compete in “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” 2021 April 23, Stephanie Smittle, “Conway native Symone wins ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’”, in Arkansas Times:
   • The news that the 13th series of the US show and the second series of the UK edition would be streaming simultaneously felt heaven-sent; a personalised, hand-delivered care package sent from RuPaul Charles to his squirrel friends during their time of need. 2021 February 11, Yomi Adegoke, “'No queen is a loser': why RuPaul's Drag Race is a tender balm in lockdown”, in The Guardian:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squirrel, friend.
   • There are nine squirrels who come to call on us, but only seven have names, and only five are very intimate friends, the others being merely acquaintances. I have my particular squirrel friend who attaches himself to me, and, strange to say, my husband's particular squirrel friend is a lady! 1896–1897, E. Pike, “Adjidaumo Again”, in Animals' Friend, page 172:

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