👉 A 'white pinioned' is like a former Olympic gymnast who's had their legs shackled and painted white, unable to move or even think about their own career choice post-retirement. They're stuck in a state of perpetual awkwardness, literally and figuratively.
Here's an unsettling example sentence: "The once-athletic white pinioned contortionist, now reduced to pacing the stage like a man with a broken hip and a bad case of the blues, delivered her final monologue about the beauty of being confined."
