nelly

noun

1. (Cockney, slang)A person's life.
2. (derogatory, slang)An effeminate homosexual man.
3. (British, slang)A silly person.
4. A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.

adj

1. (slang)Unmanly; effeminate.

   “From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.”

   “Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.”

name

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Nellie.
2. One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.
3. A surname.