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Drag as in drag queen?

Drag as in drag queen?

sniffingyourmomstoes
Was listening Summer Nights from Grease and i suddenly listened the word 'drag', i thought i didn't heard correctly so i checked the lyrics..Is it some kind of description or as an actual drag queen? https://preview.redd.it/r2xk35onwobe1.png?width=484&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e69f553edab956795b406415f7707305aa0d289

7 comments

sophisticaden_•
No relation, no. If something (or someone) is a drag, it’s boring or dull.
GonzoMath•
No. For someone to be “a drag” means that they are boring or unpleasant to be around. They drag your mood down. Similarly, a dull, tedious situation could be referred to as “a drag”. Compare the woods in Bob Dylan’s “Positively 4th Street”: I wish that, for just one time, You could stand inside my shoes And just for that one moment I could be you I wish that, for just one time, You could stand inside my shoes You’d know what a drag it is to see you In general, “a drag” is the opposite of “fun”
DharmaCub•
If you can give the context it could help, but they're certainly using it as either boring or something that kills the fun "such a drag!" or if it's the greasers they're talking about drag racing, like they do in the LA river in the film. Drag racing is when you race a short distance in a straight line
PharaohAce•
Also in English we don’t say ‘a drag’ for a drag queen. It’s not a singular noun. We can talk about ‘drag’ as the art form, or someone’s drag as their particular presentation of the art form, but an individual would be called a drag queen or drag king, or sometimes just a queen or a king in the right context.
that1LPdood•
No. Calling someone/something a “drag” is old-fashioned slang for “boring” or “dull.” The imagery is of a heavy weight that is *dragging you down* or weighing you down — so you are unable to have fun or move quickly, etc. It is not related or connected to drag queens.
SnooDonuts6494•
No, it means that he's boring. Tedious, dull. Like if a movie drags on for too long, making you yawn.
gniyrtnopeek•
You *heard the word “drag” “Listen” means to give particular attention to something making sound. While you were *listening to* the song “Summer Nights” from Grease, you *heard* that word.