nancy
see also: Nancy
Pronunciation
Nancy
Pronunciation
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see also: Nancy
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnænsi/
nancy (plural nancies)
- (British, US, derogatory, slang, offensive) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
- (an effeminate man) mama's boy, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
- (a homosexual) friend of Dorothy, omi-palone; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual
Nancy
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnænsi/
- A female given name.
- 1792 Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss:
- I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
- Naething could resist my Nancy:
- But to see her was to love her;
- Love but her, and love forever.
- 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 7:
- "And theyve got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy'!"
- "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?"
- "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."
- 1792 Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss:
- Russian: Нэ́нси
- A city in northeastern France.
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