nelly
SubstantivSubstantivAdjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//nɛli//
A person's life.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA person's life.
Herkunft
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangAn effeminate homosexual man.
- 2
SlangA silly person.
- 3
A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
Herkunft
From the woman's name Nelly.
Adjektiv
- 1
SlangUnmanly; effeminate.
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.
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.
Formen
- Plural
- nellies
- Komparativ
- nellier
- Superlativ
- nelliest