nancyboy
See also: nancy boy
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæn.siˌbɔɪ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
nancyboy (plural nancyboys)
- (slang, derogatory, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) Synonym of nancy: an effeminate man, especially an effeminate homosexual.
- 2003, Alan Grayson, Mile End[1], Ragged Sky Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 84:
- With Mum out of earshot, he continued: "I don't believe you did six girls. I think you're a liar. I think you're either a virgin or a nancyboy."
- 2009, Andrew Chapman, Pagan[2], →ISBN, page 303:
- This was Marcus, this effeminate, mincing nancyboy, picking his way fastidiously across the grass?
- 2009, Peter S. Fischer, The Blood of Tyrants[3], The Grove Point Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 60:
- Always having to look over your shoulder for some prissy little nancyboy from the ACLU trying to get you bounced from the force.
Synonyms
- (effeminate man): cockney, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
- (homosexual man): friend of Dorothy, omi-palone; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual