aunt:
1. A prostitute , especially if old. See prostitute for synonyms.2. The madam of a brothel . See madam for synonyms.
Quote: William Shakespeare. The Winter's Tale : ' Summer songs for me and my aunts / While we lie tumbling in-the-hay . '
3. Derogatory nickname for an aging , middle aged or elderly male homosexual , especially if effeminate , dainty and gossipy. Old age starts early in the gay community, around 30. Quote: Bruce Rodgers: ' Youth is the premium in the real world , but it is the criterion in the gay world . '
Synonyms: aging-actress ; auntie ; aunt-Mame ; aunt-Mathilda ; auntie ; chin-strap ; geriatric-set ; Geritol-set ; dirty-old-man ; fallen-star ; grandma ; gray-lady ; grimm's-fairy ; old-girl (hen, one, thing , queen , queer); prune-person ; rancid-flower ; soiled-senior-citizen ; wheelchair-set .
4. Key word in a number euphemisms announcing the arrival or 'a visit' from the menstrual period , as in ' my aunt from Reading (red-ding) is here/coming/visiting, etc .' See menstruation for synonyms.
See Also: aging actress, aunt, aunt Flo, aunt Flo's here, aunt Mame, aunt Mathilda, auntie, bum, chin-strap, dirty old man, fallen star, geriatric set, Geritol set, grandma, gray lady, grimm's fairy, have one's auntie with one, menstruation, old girl, old hen, old queen, old thing, prune person, rancid flower, soiled senior citizen, wheelchair set
Quotes Containing aunt:
Aunt Carrie (Fay Holden) and Jeff Carter (Eddie Acuff) in Guns of the Pecos (1937): - Aunt Carrie: ''Do you believe in-love at first sight?'' - Jeff Carter: ''Yeah, I reckon I do , but I don''t see very well.''
''Without knowledge of jewelry , my dear, a woman is lost.'' Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans) to Gigi (Leslie Caron) in Gigi (1958)
''Without knowledge of jewelry , my dear, a woman is lost.'' Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans) to Gigi (Leslie Caron) in Gigi (1958)
''Without knowledge of jewelry , my dear, a woman is lost.'' Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans) to Gigi (Leslie Caron) in Gigi (1958)
Sheridan ''Sheri'' Whiteside (Monty Woolley) to his nurse in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942): ''My great-aunt Elizabeth ate a box of chocolates every day of her life . She lived to be 102, and when she had been dead three days, she looked healthier than you.''
A typical Fishism by Richard Fish (Greg Germann) from the TV series Ally McBeal (1997): 'You know , I had a great aunt once who said if you stare at a beautiful woman too long, you turn to stone. She was partially right.'
''In my days, women with hair like that didn''t come-out at night.'' Aunt Kate (Elizabeth Patterson) about Mavis Arden (Mae West) in Go West, Young Man (1936).
''In my days, women with hair like that didn''t come-out at night.'' Aunt Kate (Elizabeth Patterson) about Mavis Arden (Mae West) in Go West, Young Man (1936).
Sheridan ''Sheri'' Whiteside (Monty Woolley) to his nurse in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942): ''My great-aunt Elizabeth ate a box of chocolates every day of her life . She lived to be 102, and when she had been dead three days, she looked healthier than you.''
Erica Benton (Jill Clayburgh) in An Unmarried Woman (1978): ''Balls! said the Queen. If I had ''em I''d be King. '' A rewording of: ''Balls! said the Queen. If I had two, I could be King. '' (If I had ''em I''d be king .) George Burns: ''If my aunt had balls , shed be my uncle .''
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