I was told the word "Drag Queen" is an acronym, what does drag stand for?

Answer 1

The term drag queen originates in Polari, a subset of English slang that was popular in some gay communities in the early part of the 20th century. Drag meant "clothes", and was also theatre slang for a woman's costume worn by a male actor. Queen refers to the trait of affected royalty found in many drag characters.

EDIT: I found the acronym = DRessed As Girl

Someone wearing drag is said to be "in drag." "Drag queen" appeared in print in 1941. The verb form is to "do drag." A folk etymology whose acronym basis reveals a characteristically late 20th-century bias, would make "drag" an abbreviation of "dressed as girl" in description of male transvestism; the converse, "drab" for "dressed as boy," is unrecorded. Drag is practiced by people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Answer 2

The word DRAG is an acronym, it stands for "dress as a girl" It comes from the early stage days when only men performed on stage & when a female role was needed, a boy had to "dress as a girl" for the role, hence DRAG.

Answer 3

Girl Acronym

Answer 4

It is not an acronym. Acronyms are very common today but there are very few that predate the second world war and almost none from before the first world war. Any word from before about1940 is almost certainly not an acronym. You would have to provide strong substantiated evidence that it was.

Answer 5

DRAG means

DRessed As a Girl

Answer 6

dressed
roughly
as
girl

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_queen

It's not. just meen crossdressing.

EDIT: HAHA i beat meri to it!