What does it mean to call someone a 'Nancy'?

[rumguy]

[Padraig18]

1. gay/effeminate.

See also: "nelly".

[ohiosmith]

2. sissy

[trof]

3. thithy boy

[HEyHEY]

4. You got called one?

What happened, playing rugby with some cockney gits?

[rumguy]

6. lol..no..

I was just ruminating on Nancy Reagan and I realized that I'd heard the slur 'nancy' used before...and I didn't know what it meant.

[MrSlayer]

5. British term for Sissy.

[indigobusiness]

7. I t means they 'nance about'

...and need copious amounts of

http://www.buttpaste.com

[ronnykmarshall]

8. Same as a "poof".

[demnan]

9. If you're a woman it might be your name

If you're a man it might be an insult.

[comradebillyboy]

10. more properly, a nancy boy

sissy or fem

[Duncan Grant]

11. That would be Mr. Nancy to you...

but speaking personally, 'faggot' is preferable. I like my homophobia straight up (if you'll pardon the expression).

"The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision." ~Lynn Lavner

[trof]

12. "The Bible contains six admonishments"

Now that is GOOD.
Link? Documentation?
I can use this.

[Duncan Grant]

14. We'll have to ask Lynn Lavner but...

this might be of interest:
http://www.truluck.com/index.htm

or more specifically (citation of the 6 passages): http://www.truluck.com/html/six_bible_passages.html

I can't guarantee whether these links would pass an 'academic' standard but they're thought provoking all the same. Good luck, trof! You can lead a horse to water and all... :hi:

[VOX]

13. Nancy = nelly = pink tutu = pansy, etc., etc.

Our culture has no shortage of derogatory titles.