gunsel

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner. dated,slang
    — The boy’s eyes […] ran over Spade’s body from shoulders to knees […] “Another thing,” Spade repeated, glaring at the boy: “Keep that gunsel away from me while you’re making up your mind. I’ll kill him […] ”
  2. A gun-carrying hoodlum or other criminal.
    — There's somebody comin. I think it's that gunsel.
  3. Synonym of bottom: a passive partner in a male homosexual relationship. dated,slang
  4. Synonym of bitch: a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship. dated,slang

词形变化

gunsels plural gunsels plural

词汇关系

近义词
male homosexual

词源

词源 1
From Yiddish גענדזל (gendzl, “gosling”), from Middle High German gensel, diminutive of gans (“goose”).
词源 2
By misunderstanding of the 1929 Maltese Falcon quotation above (1.1) (which survived in a popular 1941 film adaptation). The novel was originally serialized in a magazine, Black Mask, whose editor refused to allow vulgarities. Hammett used the word gunsel knowing that the editor would likely misunderstand it as relating to gun, and therefore allow it.
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