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poovy

poovy adjective: homosexual; poofy.

Adjective

poovy (comparative more poovy, superlative most poovy)

  1. (slang) homosexual; poofy
    • After all it was we British who decided that sex and sport don't mix so why pamper to the poovy foreign trick of making our sportsmen dress like the girls in the Folies Bergere?1970, Punch, volume 258, page 308

Forms of poovy

comparativemore poovy
superlativemost poovy

Questions about poovy

What does poovy mean?
Poovy means homosexual; poofy.
What part of speech is poovy?
Poovy is an adjective.

Words near poovy in the dictionary

  1. poove
  2. poovery
  3. pooves
  4. Poovey
  5. Pooveys
  6. poovy
  7. Poowong
  8. Poowong East
  9. Poowong North
  10. pop
  11. pop a blood vessel

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