fairy
36
9.9
- noun
- /ˈfɛri/
- Slur
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- Isn't it enough you told me you're a fairy?
He's he's just a fairy, just a fairy, just like brancing around, just like it's really funny.
- He's he's just a fairy, just a fairy, just like brancing around, just like it's really funny.
- You know, the tooth fairy is a gay man.
- I feel like a bisexual fairy coming out for three pages isn't like, the most horrible thing.
Examples
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She would call me a fairy boy, a Pansy boy.
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Matt didn't look like a fairy at all.
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- You have a man who is a fairy.
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I was all set to think you a fairy.
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm a fairy.
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He was mocked by his peers for acting like a fairy at the party.
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They referred to him as a fairy due to his flamboyant style and mannerisms.
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Some people still use the term fairy in a derogatory way to describe effeminate gay men.
Idioms
Compounds
- Baby Talk
22
3.8
An imaginary person who takes a child's lost baby tooth and leaves money under the pillow
- NSFW
A playful name for a man who performs in a magical and showy way to entertain people
A very small armadillo from Argentina with pale silky hair and pink plates on its head and neck
- UK
A tall plant with clusters of large pink-purple tube-like flowers and leaves poisonous to farm animals
- Specialized
A ring of mushrooms that grow where the fungus spreads under the ground
- Specialized
A small plant that comes back every year with two opposite leaves and a stem of white flowers
- Specialized
A rare small orchid with one white or pink flower on a red stalk above one leaf
A plant from northern California with groups of bright yellow egg-shaped flowers
- Literature
A small magical being like a tiny person that lives on prairies and cares for plants
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fairy has also been used as an offensive slang term for a gay man. This use grew from comparing some men to the delicate or strange idea of a 'fairy', so the word became a hurtful insult and is now widely seen as offensive.