Percyn.
/ˈpəːsi/, U.S. /ˈpərsi/ slang.
1. derogatory. A weak or effeminate man; spec. (now historical) a conscientious objector. Also attributive in Percy boy.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle
peace man1795
antipolemist1817
pacifist1906
pacificist1907
conscientious objector1916
Percy1916
conchie1917
passivist1919
war resister1935
dove1962
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England
EnglishmaneOE
EnglishOE
startc1438
Southron1488
Englander1610
knife-man1643
Englisher1652
southern1721
John Bull1772
Saxon1810
Sassenach1815
rosbif1826
Goddam1830
Angrezi1866
Angrez1877
Percy1916
Limey1918
woodbine1918
homie1926
kipper1946
1916 Nation 27 May 258/2 Mobbed and pilloried and photographed in the ‘Daily Sketch’ as ‘Percy’ (all Percies are now—shade of Hotspur!—supposed to be cowards).
1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico 19 Pushful Percies..and many more minor characters of war.
1998 Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Florida) (Nexis) 8 Mar. b3 The Percy boys were foppish wastrels who milled at Main and Bay.
2. Military (derogatory). An educated man; an officer.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun]
officera1450
lancepesade1579
military1709
tax-eater1818
two-striper1917
chiefy1942
pongo1943
scrambled egg(s)1943
Percy1961
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1217/2 Percy, in the Royal Navy, has, since ca. 1925, meant an effeminate man; but since ca. 1940, also and esp. a studious, quiet, educated man as opposed to an uncouth ‘tough’.
1974 ‘B. Mather’ White Dacoit xxi. 216 Most of the young Percies in our mob had to take their boots off to count up to twenty.
3. humorous (Australian and British). The penis. Esp. in to point Percy at the porcelain and variants: (of a man) to urinate.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis
weapona1000
tarsec1000
pintleOE
cock?c1335
pillicock?c1335
yard1379
arrowa1382
looma1400
vergea1400
instrumentc1405
fidcocka1475
privya1500
virile member (or yard)?1541
prickc1555
tool1563
pillock1568
penis1578
codpiece1584
needle1592
bauble1593
dildo1597
nag1598
virility1598
ferret1599
rubigo?a1600
Jack1604
mentula1605
virge1608
prependent1610
flute1611
other thing1628
engine1634
manhood1640
cod1650
quillity1653
rammer1653
runnion1655
pego1663
sex1664
propagator1670
membrum virile1672
nervea1680
whore-pipe1684
Roger1689
pudding1693
handle?1731
machine1749
shaft1772
jock1790
poker1811
dickyc1815
Johnny?1833
organ1833
intromittent apparatus1836
root1846
Johnson1863
Peter1870
John Henry1874
dickc1890
dingusc1890
John Thomasc1890
old fellowc1890
Aaron's rod1891
dingle-dangle1893
middle leg1896
mole1896
pisser1896
micky1898
baby-maker1902
old man1902
pecker1902
pizzle1902
willy1905
ding-dong1906
mickey1909
pencil1916
dingbatc1920
plonkerc1920
Johna1922
whangera1922
knob1922
tube1922
ding1926
pee-pee1927
prong1927
pud1927
hose1928
whang1928
dong1930
putz1934
porkc1935
wiener1935
weenie1939
length1949
tadger1949
winkle1951
dinger1953
winky1954
dork1961
virilia1962
rig1964
wee-wee1964
Percy1965
meat tool1966
chopper1967
schlong1967
swipe1967
chode1968
trouser snake1968
ding-a-ling1969
dipstick1970
tonk1970
noonies1972
salami1977
monkey1978
langer1983
wanker1987
1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Sept. 812/2 Expressive Australianisms to describe this prosaic function;..pointing Percy at the porcelain [etc.].
1989 Melody Maker 25 Nov. 6/3 If this shag-happy little shit points his Percy anywhere near my daughter, I'll nail it to the nearest tree!
1990 Kimberley Echo (Kununurra, W. Austral.) 17 Sept. 6/2 Point percy at the porcelain and lower down his nose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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