Definitions For Poofter

Noun

POOFTER (plural POOFTERs) (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, pejorative, slang) A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, pejorative, slang) A pansy, an effeminate man.

Usage notes

Poofter is nowadays one of the most pejorative words in Australian English, perhaps because of its use in the phrase poofter-bashing, which arose during the 1960s and 1970s during organised hate crimes against homosexuals across Australia and particularly in the Sydney district of King's Cross, a major centre of Sydney's gay social life. Beyond its use as an anti-homosexual slur, it is also often aimed at males who do not conform to normative ideals of masculinity in other ways, particularly in the fields of art or academia.

Synonyms

male homosexual friend of Dorothy, omi-palone; see also thesaurus:male homosexual effeminate man cockney, pansy, sissy; see also thesaurus:effeminate man