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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: fancy man #113047 10/09/03 01:25 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "That definition seems a little harsh. I'm sure that my aunts would have said things like, "she's got a fancy man" meaning someone who dressed or behaved as if they occupied a higher station in life - a sort of spiv, a man in a suit when few around would wear them" I always understood "fancy man" to mean merely "lover". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted definitions wwh 10/02/03 01:45 PM Re: definitions Capfka 10/02/03 04:54 PM Re: definitions Jackie 10/03/03 01:20 AM Re: definitions Bingley 10/03/03 01:59 AM Re: definitions Jackie 10/03/03 02:02 AM Re: etymon AnnaStrophic 10/03/03 11:55 AM Re: etymon Buffalo Shrdlu 10/03/03 08:03 PM Re: etymon Jackie 10/04/03 02:38 AM Re: etymon Buffalo Shrdlu 10/04/03 10:40 AM Re: etymon Wordwind 10/04/03 01:25 PM Re: etymon doc_comfort 10/08/03 01:45 AM Re: etymon Jackie 10/09/03 01:00 AM Re: etymon sjmaxq 10/09/03 01:03 AM More definitions Jackie 10/09/03 01:24 AM Re: fancy man jmh 10/09/03 07:31 AM Re: fancy man birdfeed 10/09/03 01:25 PM Re: More definitions of troy 10/09/03 03:49 PM Re: More definitions Faldage 10/09/03 03:58 PM Re: More definitions tsuwm 10/09/03 06:26 PM Re: More definitions Jackie 10/10/03 01:23 AM Re: etymon TEd Remington 10/13/03 07:16 AM Re: etymon Buffalo Shrdlu 10/13/03 09:24 AM Re: etymon Jackie 10/13/03 02:08 PM Re: definitions Jackie 10/04/03 03:01 AM Re: definitions of troy 10/04/03 03:48 PM Re: definitions Jackie 10/04/03 04:39 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 805 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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