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adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a ponce.
Intended to impress others, particularly in an excessively refined or ostentatious manner; affected, pretentious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal
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adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a ponce.
Chiefly of a male person: effeminate; gay, homosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal
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Synonyms: homophile, homosexual, like that, queer, similisexual, that way
Antonyms: heterosexual, straggot, straight, hetero, breeder
name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From ponce (“kept man; pimp; effeminate man; homosexual man”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
