nancy
noun/ˈnænsi/
Etymology From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan (“serving girl, maid; male homosexual”), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names. Compare Mary.
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Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US, Derogatory, Offensive, Slang An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
- The wonderful Stephen Tobolowsky returns as Sandy [Ryerson], the flaming former glee club director who’s now the shop teacher, and warns that “you are going to have a school full of nancys unless you get some hot wood in those teenagers’ hands.”2009 September 17, Mike Hale, “‘Glee’, Brought to You By the Letter ‘C’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2009:
- Synonyms
- mama's boy, pansy, sissy, friend of Dorothy, omi-palone
- Derived terms
- nancified, nancyboy, nancy boy, nance, nancy pants, nancy up
- Related terms
- negative nancy