nancyboy

noun

nancyboy

noun

/ˈnæn.siˌbɔɪ/

Etymology From nancy + boy.

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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang Synonym of nancy: an effeminate man, especially an effeminate homosexual.

  • 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."2003, Alan Grayson, Mile End, Ragged Sky Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 84:
  • This was Marcus, this effeminate, mincing nancyboy, picking his way fastidiously across the grass?2009, Andrew Chapman, Pagan, →ISBN, page 303:
1 more example
  • Always having to look over your shoulder for some prissy little nancyboy from the ACLU trying to get you bounced from the force.2009, Peter S. Fischer, The Blood of Tyrants, The Grove Point Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 60:
Synonyms
cockney, pansy, sissy, friend of Dorothy, omi-palone

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