Meanings
plural nancyboys · alternative nancy boy
- CommonwealthIrelandUKderogatoryslangSynonym of nancy: an effeminate man, especially an effeminate homosexual.
This was Marcus, this effeminate, mincing nancyboy, picking his way fastidiously across the grass?
2009, Andrew Chapman, Pagan, →ISBN, page 3032 more examples
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 84Always 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 60Synonyms: nancy, cockney, pansy, sissy, omi-palone, friend of Dorothy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of nancy: an effeminate man, especially an effeminate homosexual.
Origin
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