nelly
nomnomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//nɛli//
A person's life.
nom
- 1
argotA person's life.
Étymologie
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
nom
- 1
argotAn effeminate homosexual man.
- 2
argotA silly person.
- 3
A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
Étymologie
From the woman's name Nelly.
adjectif
- 1
argotUnmanly; 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.
Formes
- pluriel
- nellies
- comparatif
- nellier
- superlatif
- nelliest