It s also an intentionally confusing combination of the expressions white elephant pink.
What does pink elephant in the room mean.
A costly and troublesome hallucination which nobody wants to mention.
If there is an elephant in the room it means that an obvious problem is being ignored put another way it is a noticeable issue that is not acknowledged or addressed.
The expression elephant in the room usually the elephant in the room or the elephant in the living room is a metaphorical idiom in english for an important or enormous topic question or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable or is personally socially or politically.
It s often used when someone of a different sexual persuasion from the rest of the group is present and the speaker finds the situation awkward.
It may be that pointing it out is politically not correct impolite or offensive.
This phrase was first introduced by sam senev who brought an actual pink elephant to a speech.
Incidentally my wife does that all the time.
Have you heard the phrase there is an elephant in the room.
It is based on the fact that an elephant in a small room would be impossible to ignore.
Its assumed that everyone has noticed it.
A pink elephant is something wrong something which cannot exist so to say that one is in the room means that there is something wrong in the present company.
A pink elephant in the room is a phrase used to say that there is something very obvious one cant miss it yet no one wants to be the person to point it out or talk about it.
The elephant in the room also elephant in the living room elephant in the corner elephant on the dinner table elephant in the kitchen etc is an english idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored.
Pink elephant in the room phrase discussion in friends family social skills started by paloftoon mar 8 2016.