nancy
n. countablen. an insulting name for a man who is seen as weak or not masculine enough. It is an old-fashioned and rude way to attack someone's personality or appearance.
n. a derogatory epithet for an effeminate or weak man. Highly offensive in modern usage; historically used to disparage men perceived as lacking traditional masculine traits.
He was bullied and called a nancy by the older boys.
The character in the play struggles against the narrow-minded neighbors who dismiss him as a nancy for his interest in poetry.
The author explores how such reductive labels as nancy were weaponized in mid-century social circles to enforce rigid standards of gender performance and punish any perceived deviation.
Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.
From French Nancy, from Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.
Often used as a proper noun or in the phrase 'nancy boy'.