poncier

Adjective

poncy (comparative poncier, superlative ponciest)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal) Intended to impress others, particularly in an excessively refined or ostentatious manner; affected, pretentious.
   • I mean, you could tell he was a Pom all right, but he was trying, he didn't sound so poncy any more, […]1988, Janette Turner Hospital, “On Bea-particles and the Relativity of Scone Making”, in Charades, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, published 2003, →ISBN, part I (Charade), page 100
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal) Chiefly of a male person: effeminate; gay, homosexual.
   • With sudden interest Morse turned up the volume [of the radio]: the voice was donnish, slightly effeminate. […] 'Shert erp, you poncy twit!' he said aloud, got out of bed, pulled on his clothes, walked downstairs and dialled the speaking clock.1976 April, Colin Dexter, chapter 38, in Last Seen Wearing, London: Pan Books, →ISBN; paperback edition, London: Pan Books, 2016, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   homophile, homosexual, like that, queer, similisexual, that way

   Antonyms:

   heterosexual, straggot, straight, hetero, breeder

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