nancy

noun

1. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, US, derogatory, offensive, slang)An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.

   “The wonderful Stephen Tobolowsky returns as Sandy [Ryerson], the flaming former glee club director who’s now the shop teacher, and warns that “you are going to have a school full of nancys unless you get some hot wood in those teenagers’ hands.””

2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of nancy.

   “HAWKER, the Australian, who is to handle the Sopwith plane, predicts that any fast steamer out of New York will have no difficulty in beating the “Nancies” of the United States Navy.”

   “Funny peculiar: Ganymede promising latitude, if not liberation. The Boy Done Good. For Nancies. He might, however, mean something vastly different for Normals, who are quietly - one could even say covertly - being invited to role model their increasing redundant selves on that darling petal Leonardo DeCaprio.^([sic])”

   “In Ashes to Ashes, DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), the Neanderthal copper from 1973, has moved to London from Manchester to show the 'southern Nancys' a thing or two about policing.”

   “Get up you sad Nancies!”

name

1. A female given name.

   “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.”

   “"And they've 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."”

   “There are many Nancies and Jerries in the world. They get told apart by a further name, such as Nancy Lovelace, or Jerry Turing.”

   “Their agent, Nancy Phander, sent along a virutal^([sic]) 3D tour and a video tour and they put in an offer based on what they saw.”

   “Maplewood, New Jersey Mayor Nancy Adams said her community banned gas-powered blowers in January 2023.”

2. A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.