⇨ Brighton pier; brightonadjective (especially of a man) homosexual. Rhyming slang for QUEER (homosexual). Earlier use of the same rhyme meant 'unwell' or 'peculiar', the meaning shifting with the sense of 'queer'; possibly also influenced by the reputation of Brighton as a centre for gay society and culture UK, 1960

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⇨ bright and frisky; bright 'n' frisky; Brightonnoun whisky. Rhyming slang, probably as a deliberate variation of the earlier 'gay and frisky' reflecting the shift in the meaning of 'gay'; it is interesting to note therefore that the contraction 'Brighton' also has rhyming slang noun and adjective senses (homosexual), and that Brighton is regarded as one of the UK's centres of homosexual culture UK, 1969