girlyman

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girlyman

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From girly + man.

noun girlymen · girly man

derogatory, slang An effeminate man. 1988, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, during the 1988 United States presidential election "They all look like a bunch of girlymen, right?"
Similar: cockney, nancyboy, sissy

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noun An effeminate man

Español	maricón, mariconcito, puto, niñita

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"girlyman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/girlyman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{girlyman_2026,
  title = {girlyman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/girlyman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}