poofter

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poofter

noun poofters · poof · poofster · poofta · pooftah

Australia, Commonwealth, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, derogatory, slang A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one. Another man told me he was a "poofter," but I never was able to get a definition of this word from him.
Similar: faggot, poof
Australia, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang A pansy, an effeminate man.
Similar: cockney

Similar: friend of Dorothy, pansy, sissy

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Similar: friend of Dorothy, pansy, sissy

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@misc{poofter_2026,
  title = {poofter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poofter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}