light in the loafers

Adjective

light in the loafers (comparative more light in the loafers, superlative most light in the loafers)

1. (derogatory, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) Gay; homosexual.
   • Men of my group are either married or, as S.P. would say, ‘light in the loafers.’ Homosexuals, you'd call them.1980, Helen Van Slyke, No Love Lost, New York: Lippincott & Crowell, page 203
   • You'll make a nice living; and maybe when you're sixty you'll marry a nice guy, a little light in the loafers maybe, but you'll still be pure by then; and you'll do the grand-lady bit, and he’ll be your escort.1981, Heywood Gould, Glitterburn, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 98

   Synonyms:

   homophile, homosexual, like that, queer, similisexual, that way

2. (dated, derogatory, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) Crazy or eccentric.