nancy pants

English

Etymology

From nancy +‎ -pants.

Noun

nancy pants (plural nancy pants)

1. An effeminate man; sissy, wimp.
   • 2006, Christopher Hamilton, The Cookbook for Men Whose Wives Don't Cook, page 28:

     If you broil on a grill (or grille, for you nancy-pants), then the broiling is done on the underside.

Synonyms

• cockney, nancy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man