poofter:

1. Or: poof / poufta(h) / pouffe / poove , a male homosexual . Chiefly British and Australian usage.
ETYMOLOGY: C19 ^th term for a would-be actor; derived from the French pouffe meaning puff .

QUOTE: British gay character reading 'Queer America' in Love! Valor! Compassion! (2000): ' I must say, for a young country , you've turned-out almost as many poofters in two and a half centuries as we have in twenty .'

2. An anal-copulator . See sodomite for synonyms.

See Also: fooper, poof, poofta(h), poofter, poove, pouffe, pouve

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