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ponce¹

  • /pɒns/

Rhymes with -ɒns

Where it comes from

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

noun ponces

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Synonym of kept man.

    Similar: kept man, cicisbeo, sugar baby

  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.

    Similar: pimp, fleshmonger

  3. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man. Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce.

    Similar: poof, fairy, cockney

Similar: hustler, mack, nelly, girlyman, quiche-eater

verb ponces · poncing · ponced

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang To act as a pimp.

    Similar: hustle

  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, derogatory, slang To try to get rid of or sell something.
  3. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
  4. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang To cadge.
  5. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang To behave in a posh or effeminate manner. The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins.

Similar: whore out

ponce²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French panse (“belly”).

noun ponces

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, Louisiana, UK, derogatory, slang The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food). STUFFED "PONCE" 1 small hog ponce 3 lbs . ground pork 1 large bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion head chopped […]

Ponce³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Ponce.

proper noun

  1. A city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico, United States.

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: hustler, mack, nelly, girlyman, quiche-eater

verb

Similar: whore out

Translations

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noun man living off a woman's earnings

DeutschZuhälter, Gigolo, Schnorrer

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

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ponce. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ponce

Chicago

"ponce." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ponce.

BibTeX
@misc{ponce_2026,
  title = {ponce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ponce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}