nance 的词源

“女性化的男人，男性同性恋者中扮演被动角色的人”，这个词最早出现在1924年，源自女性名字Nancy（参见相关条目）。在1904年，这个词在监狱俚语中就已被用作形容词，意指“女性化”（用于形容男性）。它是早期短语Miss Nancy的缩写，这个短语在1824年就已被记录，原本是对那些过于挑剔、女性化的男人的贬义称呼。而Nancy boy（女性化的男性同性恋者）则在1939年被证实使用。

Nancy, Miss, an opprobrious epithet for an exceedingly effeminate, over-nice young man. The original Miss Nancy, however, was a Mrs. Anna Oldfield, a celebrated actress, who died in 1730 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. She was extremely vain and nice about her dress, and as she lay in state, attended by two noblemen, she was attired, as she had directed shortly before her death, in "a very fine Brussels lace head-dress, a Holland shift with a tucker and double ruffles of the same lace, a pair of new kid gloves," etc., a circumstance alluded to by Pope .... [William S. Walsh, "Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities," 1892]

Nancy, Miss, 是一个贬义词，用来形容那些极其女性化、过于讲究的年轻男性。不过，最初的Miss Nancy指的是安娜·奥尔德菲尔德夫人（Mrs. Anna Oldfield），她是一位著名的女演员，1730年去世，安葬于威斯敏斯特教堂。她非常爱慕虚荣，对自己的穿着极为讲究。在她的遗体告别仪式上，有两位贵族陪伴着她，按照她在去世前不久的要求，她身穿“非常精美的布鲁塞尔蕾丝头饰，荷兰式衬裙，配有蕾丝花边和双层褶边的新款小手套”等等。这个情节被波普提及过…… [威廉·S·沃尔什，《文学趣闻手册》，1892年]

沃尔什提出的词源解释可能并不完全准确。相关词汇：Nancified。