green fairy
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green fairy
Where it comes from
Calque of French fée verte.
noun
- Absinthe liquor. Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years.
- A person who supplies medicinal cannabis products illegally. She used to buy the majority of her medicines from a local green fairy, but when they were busted, her supply line, like that of many other patients, was cut.
Translations
Talk about this word "green fairy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/green%20fairy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. green fairy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/green%20fairy "green fairy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/green%20fairy.Cite this
@misc{green_fairy_2026,
title = {green fairy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/green%20fairy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
