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chutney ferret en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From chutney (as a euphemism for excrement) + ferret (“diligent searcher”), a reference to anal sex.

Meanings

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) A homosexual man.
    • “Jeremy? Hardly my friend. As you said yourself, an overbearing lackey, not to mention a flaming chutney ferret.” 2010, Joseph Alexander, Faded Acts of Love, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 140:
    • "A chutney ferret. No one likes one of those and you shouldn't either. You ever find yourself with an arse-bandit like that you get your back to the wall and if he gives you any trouble you break his nose." 2000, Patrick Gale, Rough Music, Ballantine Book, published 2002, →ISBN, page 138:
    • 'They warned me off you and Lawrence because they reckoned you were a couple of chutney ferrets after my arse. […] 1997, Minette Walters, The Echo, Pan Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 163:

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Synonyms

male homosexual