nancy pants

English

Etymology

From nancy +‎ -pants.

Noun

nancy pants (plural nancy pants)

  1. An effeminate man; sissy, wimp.
    • 2006, Christopher Hamilton, The Cookbook for Men Whose Wives Don't Cook, page 28:
      If you broil on a grill (or grille, for you nancy-pants), then the broiling is done on the underside.

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