Tinkerbell

Meaning

1. Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.
2. A homosexual or effeminate man.

Etymology / origin

After a fairy in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1902), in which the name is spelled Tinker Bell. She was described by Barrie as a fairy who mended pots and kettles, like an actual tinker, and her speech consists of the sounds of a tinkling bell.

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