Motif
Hairpin
An ordinary idiom is altered so that the word “hairpin” survives, in a vocabulary with a documented queer history.
Works this runs through
Appearances, in order
| Date | Where | In what connection | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-11 | evermore right-where-you-left-me “right where you left me” | One word kept twice where the idiom would drop it | Established interpretation |
| 2020-12-11 | evermore right-where-you-left-me “right where you left me” | The documented history the word carries | Documented fact |
| 2022-10-21 | Midnights the-great-war “The Great War” | One word kept twice where the idiom would drop it | Established interpretation |
A direct callback and another appearance of the same inherited mechanism are different claims. The connection type in the table says which one each row is.