Drainbow
English
Etymology
Blend of drain + rainbow.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
Drainbow (plural Drainbows)
- (slang) A person who benefits from a Rainbow Gathering without doing their share of labour.
- 1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, University of Tennessee Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 90:
- To come to a Gathering and not work, to be a Drainbow, is to miss the point of the Gathering.
- 2002, Lawrence McGuire, The Gathering at Big Sur, Virtualbookworm.com, →ISBN, page 82:
- He jogs and catches up with Burley Bear while Skip, not daring to return to the tipi, shouts "Drainbows!" at their back.
- 2003, Richard Grant, Ghost Riders, Hachette, →ISBN:
- You will be outfitted from a pile of donated clothes and gear, fed at the free kitchens, and unless you are a complete Drainbow you will gladly give some free labour in return.
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