queenien.
/ˈkwiːni/, U.S. /ˈkwini/ colloquial.
1. An effeminate male, a homosexual (used esp. as a form of address).In quot. 1736, probably a jibe at the effeminate manners of Lord Hervey.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man
badlingeOE
milksopc1390
cockneyc1405
malkina1425
molla1425
weakling1526
tenderling1541
softling1543
niceling1549
woman-man1567
cocknel1570
effeminate1583
androgyne1587
meacock1590
mammaday1593
hermaphrodite1594
midwife1596
nimfadoro1600
night-sneaker1611
mock-mana1625
nan1670
she-man1675
petit maître1711
old woman1717
master-miss1754
Miss Molly1754
molly1785
squaw1805
mollycoddle1823
Miss Nancy1824
mollycot1826
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
ladyboy1857
girl1862
Mary Ann1868
sissy1879
milk1881
pretty-boy1881
nancy1888
poofter1889
Nancy Dawson1890
softie1895
puff1902
pussy1904
Lizzie1905
nance1910
quean1910
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
lily1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
queerie1933
palone1934
queenie1935
girlie-man1940
swish1941
puss1942
wonk1945
mother1947
candy-ass1953
twink1953
cream puff1958
pronk1959
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
pansy-ass1963
weeny1963
poofteroo1966
mo1968
shim1973
twinkie1977
woofter1977
cake boy1992
hermaphrodite-
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male
badlingeOE
nan1670
molly1708
Miss Molly1754
Miss Nancy1824
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
Mary Ann1868
pretty-boy1881
cocksucker1885
poofter1889
queer1894
fruit1895
fairy1896
homosexualist1898
puff1902
pussy1904
nance1910
quean1910
girl1912
faggot1913
mouser1914
queen1919
fag1921
gay boy1921
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
punk1933
queerie1933
gobbler1934
jocker1935
queenie1935
iron1936
freak1941
swish1941
flit1942
tonk1943
wonk1945
mother1947
fruitcake1952
Mary1953
twink1953
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
arse bandit1961
leather man1961
booty bandit1962
ginger beer1964
bummer1965
poofteroo1966
shirtlifter1966
battyman1967
dick-sucker1968
mo1968
a friend of Dorothy1972
shim1973
gaylord1976
twinkie1977
woofter1977
bender1986
knob jockey1989
batty boy1992
cake boy1992
1736 A. Pope Bounce to Fop 7 The motly, squinting Harvequini's, Shall lick no more their Lady's Br—, But die of Looseness, Claps, or Itch.]
1935 N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 60 Queenie,..a homosexual man.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid viii. 79 Call yourself a man do you this morning, Queenie? Well you wasn't one last night, see. You gets into bed and goes straight off to kip.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 87 Queenie, an effeminate male.
1974 R. Bly tr. K. Hamsun Hunger i. 41 I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turned: ‘Queeny’ was saying good morning... The sight of this aimless, painted-up creature somehow enraged me.
1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 4 Aug. The accused told [him]..to close his legs and called him a ‘queenie’.
2. British. The queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis. Also queenie scallop.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Pectinidae > genus Pecten > member of
scallopc1440
oyster-scalp1552
clam1593
escallop1610
queen1803
quin1840
squin1864
queen scallop1955
queenie1972
magnificent scallop1990
1972 National Geographic Sept. 440/1 John fishes for ‘queenies’, shellfish similar to our deepsea scallops.
1988 E. Wood et al. Sea Life Brit. & Ireland 183 A small locally based fishing industry for European oysters, scallops, queenies..still goes on in some lochs.
2005 Olive Mar. 102/2 The thermidor with queenie scallops and king prawns is excellent.
3. In form Queenie. A queen: used esp. with reference to Queen Elizabeth II (often as an informal name or form of address).
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > queen > [noun] > specific
Bloody Mary1652
the Widow of (also at ) Windsor1862
queenie1976
1953 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 2 Apr. 4/4 We had read..of the visiting congressman, who..putting his arm around Her Majesty had remarked: ‘You know, you're the cutest little Queenie I ever did see.’]
1976 C. Storr Unnatural Fathers xiii. 131 ‘The Queen absolutely refuses.’.. ‘So Queenie's turned up trumps, has she? Good for her!’
1979 Time 13 Aug. 6/1 When Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Lusaka,..she was cheered by Zambians everywhere she went as ‘Queenie! Queenie!’.
2000 Time Out 26 Jan. 181/1 With his impersonal manner and random collection of royal anecdotes, the youngest of Queenie's sons pops to Greenwich where he tells the tale of a princess with strange bathing habits.
Compounds
queenie-fashion adv.
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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adverb]
unmanlya1500
effeminately1528
queenie-fashion1948
1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. xx. 261 The dark, good-looking kid..who always had his shirt collar turned up queeny-fashion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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