a bit nancy
- idiom
- Slur
:
un poco afeminado
- Wearing pink used to be considered a bit nancy, but attitudes are changing.
Examples
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He said the curtains looked a bit nancy for his living room.
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That movie was a bit nancy for my taste, but it was still entertaining.
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He is a bit nancy for my taste.
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Sometimes, his style seems a bit nancy.
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He said the curtains looked a bit nancy for his living room.
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Wearing pink used to be considered a bit nancy, but attitudes are changing.
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That movie was a bit nancy for my taste, but it was still entertaining.
Antonyms
How Masculine
Surface Forms
Morphology
a + bit + nancy
The phrase combines the degree modifier 'a bit' (somewhat) with the lexical item 'nancy' (effeminate), so the overall sense 'somewhat effeminate' is directly compositional and predictable from the parts. Although 'nancy' is slang and may be unfamiliar or derogatory, if a learner knows both constituents the meaning follows straightforwardly from standard modifier + descriptor composition.
Etymology
The phrase a bit nancy comes from calling a man by the girl's name Nancy to tease him for acting like a woman. So saying something is a bit nancy means it seems 'a little feminine' or 'not very masculine'.