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- Reino Unido//nɛli//
A person's life.
sustantivo
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jergaA person's life.
Etimología
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
sustantivo
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jergaAn effeminate homosexual man.
- 2
jergaA silly person.
- 3
A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
Etimología
From the woman's name Nelly.
adjetivo
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jergaUnmanly; 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.
Formas
- plural
- nellies
- comparativo
- nellier
- superlativo
- nelliest