1 result for: poofter
Main Entry: | poofter |
Part of Speech: | n |
Definition: | a male homosexual; also, an emasculated male; also called poof |
Example: | Stop babying him like that! You're going to turn him into a poofter! |
Etymology: | 1889; fr. poof |
Usage: | British disparaging slang |
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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Of course the word came from France, the country that invented poofters. I also found it entertaining that the dictionary entries around "poofter" also came off just a little bit gay, as if poofter was slowly infecting the English language. Hey poohbah, you don't want to hang around that poofter too much, it might rub off on you HEYYYOOOO. Here is one of the top Google Image Search results for "poofter":
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