- This term is a more creative way of saying “lame”. It is alliteration with repetition of a beginning l. The term came about among a group of friends who were brainstorming ways to make mundane expressions such as “lame” more fun. Although the phrase appears to be a noun, it is in fact an adjective, as the phrase takes the grammatical category of the most important word of the two, “lame”.
lame leotards
adjective; compounding Compound composed of the free roots 'lame' and 'leotards'
unfortunate, not good
Etymology : Derived from 'lame' + 'leotards'
Source : Interlocutor 1: “Dude, I just had to walk all the way back from Fondren in the rain…without an umbrella!” Interlocutor 2: “Dude! Lame leotards!” (Duncan College, February 2010)
Last modified: 8 December 2010