Effeminate+man

  • 121weakling — 1520s, coined by Tyndale from WEAK (Cf. weak) as a loan translation of Luther s Weichling effeminate man, from Ger. weich soft (see WEAK (Cf. weak)) …

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  • 122handbag — Very effeminate man. A. Do you think Chris is gay? B. Are you kidding? He s definitely a handbag …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 123handbag — Very effeminate man. A. Do you think Chris is gay? B. Are you kidding? He s definitely a handbag …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 124daisy — n a male homosexual or an effeminate man. The word in this sense is not com mon, but occurs occasionally in British, American and Australian usage …

    Contemporary slang

  • 125jessie — n British a weak or effeminate man. A Scottish and northern English term of ridicule which has become widespread since the mid 1970s, partly due to the influence of comics such as the Scot, Billy Connolly. It is synonymous with nellie and big… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 126joey — n 1. British a fool, dupe, victim or weakling. The word is from London working class usage, deriving from joe or Joey Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt which, in cockney speech until the 1950s, referred to a fool ish or unfortunate, rather than a… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 127nancy boy — n British an effeminate man, a male homosexual. This term seems to have originated in the late 19th century, when the name Nancy, a diminutive form of Ann or Agnes, was applied indiscriminately to women as a term of affection and famil iarity.… …

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  • 128nance — n British an effeminate man, a male homosexual. This term seems to have originated in the late 19th century, when the name Nancy, a diminutive form of Ann or Agnes, was applied indiscriminately to women as a term of affection and famil iarity.… …

    Contemporary slang