nancy
nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈnænsi//
An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
noun
- 1
slangAn effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
The wonderful Stephen Tobolowsky returns as Sandy [Ryerson], the flaming former glee club director who’s now the shop teacher, and warns that “you are going to have a school full of nancys unless you get some hot wood in those teenagers’ hands.”
Etymology
From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan (“serving girl, maid; male homosexual”), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names. Compare Mary.
Forms
- plural
- nancies, nancys
nancy · An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
Nancy · A female given name.nandu · rhea (large, flightless birds)nanny · A child's nurse.