A Caribbean derogatory term for a gay man. The insult draws on the association of women's underwear with femininity, implying a man who transgresses masculine norms. Considered highly offensive; primarily documented in Caribbean English, especially in Jamaican and Trinidadian usage. Not reclaimed in mainstream discourse.
The older men on the street called him a panty man and laughed, but he kept walking.
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Slang from Black American Vernacular English (AAVE), hip-hop, drag and ballroom culture, the Caribbean, and NYC street vocabulary. The single largest source of new mainstream English slang in living memory.
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(Caribbean, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
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