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ponce

noun, verb — 9 senses

ponce

noun

/pɒns/

Etymology Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

› A man living off another's earnings…

1

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang Synonym of kept man.

2

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.

3

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.

  • Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce.2000, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley):
Synonyms
cicisbeo, sugar baby, fleshmonger, hustler, mack, fairy, nelly, cockney, girlyman, quiche-eater
Derived terms
ponce wheel, poncy

ponce

verb

Etymology Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

1

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang To act as a pimp.

2

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Broadly, Derogatory, Slang To try to get rid of or sell something.

3

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.

5

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.

  • The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins.1992, Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide:
Synonyms
hustle, whore out

ponce

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French panse (“belly”).

1

Commonwealth, Ireland, Louisiana, UK, Derogatory, Slang The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).

  • STUFFED "PONCE" 1 small hog ponce 3 lbs . ground pork 1 large bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion head chopped […]1973, Mercedes Vidrine, Louisiana Lagniappe, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:
  • […] before Escoffier and the five mother sauces, even before Brillat-Savarin, French Acadian cooks in South Louisiana kitchens prepared ponce.2016, George Graham, Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 258:

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