Silver fox

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Silver fox can refer to several things:

  • The melanoma-related discoloration of Vulpes vulpes, a genetically determined color phase of the common Red Fox in which the fur is black tipped with white.
  • A nickname for an exceptionally clever individual, often conniving or intended in a pejorative sense. "Silver fox" generally comes from the combination of the idiomatic "silver tongue" and the Western cultural staple of foxes as a symbol of both swiftness and craftiness.
  • Additionally, it is the nickname of two professional poker players: Peter Costa and Mel Judah.
  • Silver Fox was also the codename of an alleged Special Branch undercover agent in the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984-1985 miners strike in the UK.
  • In sexual slang, an elderly woman who is of sexual appeal, as in the expression "Silver Foxes With Silver Boxes." Also now used in reference to older men.
  • Hwang Jang Lee, a Korean martial artist and film actor know as the Silver Fox
  • "Silver Fox," a song by RJD2 from his 2002 album Deadringer
  • Silver Fox, a character in the Marvel comics universe.
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