nelly

plural nellies

1. CockneyslangA person's life.

plural nellies

1. derogatoryslangAn effeminate homosexual man.
2. UKslangA silly person.
3. A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.

comparative nellier · superlative nelliest

1. slangUnmanly; effeminate.

   Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.

   2012, Lee Lynch, The Raid

   1 more example

   From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.

   1979 April 21, Greg Jackson, “He Looks Like Tarzan But He Talks Like Jane”, in Gay Community News, page 17

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Nellie.
2. One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.
3. A surname.