Pinko vs. Pinky — What's the Difference?

Pinko is a pejorative coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism, though not necessarily a Communist Party member. It has since come to be used to describe anyone perceived to have radical leftist or socialist sympathies.The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism.

Partly pink or with a pink tinge

A person who holds moderately leftist political views; a pink.

Variant spelling of pinkie (sense 1)

A socialist, particularly one who is not wholly communist.

The little finger.

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Variant of pinkie1.

Variant of pink3.

A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

Pinkish.

Winking

Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.

A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.

A white person.

The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus).

(historical) A kind of fishing schooner of New England.

The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.

See 1st Pink.

The finger farthest from the thumb