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Calamite was briefly, and infrequently, used as a euphemism for homosexuality early in the 20th Century. It referred to a group of Walt Whitman's poems that celebrated love between men, the Calamus cluster.
craig: 'not only am i gay, im a calamite.'
by richie dagger June 4, 2006
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