ponce
see also: Ponce
Pronunciation
Ponce
Proper noun
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see also: Ponce
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɒns/
ponce (plural ponces)
- (UK, pejorative slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
- Synonym of kept man#English|kept man. [1859]
- Synonym of pimp#English|pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver. [1872]
- (British, Australian, Irish, pejorative slang) Synonym of poof#English|poof: an effeminate male homosexual; any similarly effeminate man. [1932]
- (kept man) cicisbeo, sugar baby
- (pimp) fleshmonger, hustler, mack; see also Thesaurus:pimp
- (effeminate male homosexual) fairy, nelly; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual
- (effeminate man) cockney, girlyman, quiche-eater; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
ponce (ponces, present participle poncing; past ponced, past participle ponced)
- (British, slang) To act as a pimp.
- (British, slang) Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something.
- (British, pejorative) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
- (British, slang) To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
- (to act as a pimp) hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
Ponce
Proper noun
- a city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico.
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