"nancy boy" is not correct and usable in written English.
It is an offensive and derogatory term for a man who is considered effeminate. Therefore, it should not be used in any context.
For a while, the Wikipedia entry for Banksy began, "Banksy is a nancy boy.
You wouldn't lay about like a simpering nancy boy unless you had a bloody good reason, like being dead.
"I think that's one of the things a nancy boy in Adelaide would say," Tollner said.
Indeed, after it came some nancy boy who couldn't stand the heat and grunge died on its arse.
Nance, or nancy boy, is disparaging slang for an effeminate or homosexual man, and nances were popular theatrical figures, akin to blackface performers, during the 1920s and '30s.
Obsolete or revolting epithets like "nancy boy," "wet spot" and "panty liner" seriously mar the script of "10-8" (ABC), which has its premiere tomorrow night.
Reunited with my rather racy family, my ears pricked up at any mention of "queers", "homos" or "nancy boys".
"I've been reduced to old men, cripples and nancy boys," bellows Sir (Albert Finney), the troupe's increasingly confused old star, referring to his supporting players.
David, a regular at the club, said: "Brighton fans have been known to sing 'You're too ugly to be gay' in reply, or 'One nil, to the nancy boys'.
Another on DVD Talk read: "The mincing british nancy boys who made the pirate movie spend most of their days listening to bleeding heart bullshit and crying about the state of all the world's victims".
Ten men on a ballet stage would inspire most choreographers to create a testosterone fest of hurtling leaps and dynamo spins, just in case anyone was thinking nancy boys in tights.
