little pink

little pink (plural little pinks)

1. Alternative form of Little Pink
   • 2019, Hailong Liu, Propaganda: Ideas, Discourses and its Legitimization:

     Little pinks abandoned the orthodox concept of traditional patriotism that regards the state as a parent or other sublime object, thinking of the country as an idol in the entertainment consumer culture, and expecting to participate in the idol's construction and cultivation process. This nationalism can be called "fandom nationalism."

   • 2019, Sebastian Veg, Minjian: The Rise of China’s Grassroots Intellectuals:

     Yang Guobin notes a similar evolution when he describes the shift from initial enthusiasm about "netizens" (wangmin) who spoke out about issues of social injustice to an Internet that has become flooded by government-controlled astroturfers such as “50 centers” and “little pinks”.

   • 2021, Wei Rong, William Luo, Haitian Liu, Contemporary China Review (2021 Summer Issue), page 159:

     One aspect of that thinking is that 'even little pinks can be feminist.'

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little,‎ pink.
   • 1838, Robert Sweet, The British Flower Garden:

     This elegant little pink is an old inhabitant of the gardens, having been first introduced in 1759, but it is still rare, being met with only in a few curious collections, although few plants are better suited to ornament rockwork.