Effeminate+man

  • 131nancy 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.… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 132nance — 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