posy sniffer

English

Alternative forms

• posy-sniffer

Noun

posy sniffer (plural posy sniffers)

1. (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man.
   • 1988, Stories - Volumes 20-30, page 24:

     Buster, the boys say you are a posy sniffer and they'll take the leggin's to you if they catch you wearing dresses.

   • 1995, Mike Blakely, Shortgrass Song, →ISBN, page 214:

     That ain't gonna sound i very good for a hero to be a posy sniffer.

2. (slang, derogatory) An environmental activist.
   • 1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 140:

     Are all the tree huggers and posy sniffers too busy saving the whales to join hands and lie down in front of even one cement truck?

   • 2006, Robert James Wolfe, Playing with Fish and Other Lessons from the North, →ISBN, page 33:

     "They're posy sniffers," was the derogatory assessment by one Healy resident just a few road miles to the north.

   • 2008, Dan O'Neill, A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River, →ISBN:

     He could work himself into a great froth over the environmentalists, or “posy sniffers,” as he called them.

Synonyms

• (effeminate man): cockney, quiche-eater, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
• (environmental activist): greenie, lentil-weaver, tree hugger, yoghurt-knitter