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poponar
faggot (vulgar slur for a gay man) /po.po.ˈnar/
noun#4117 most common
Also: queer (slur), poof (British slang slur)
Example sentences
Nu e frumos să spui poponar cuiva.
It's not nice to call someone "poponar."
Profesorul a certat un elev care a spus poponar în clasă.
The teacher scolded a student who said "poponar" in class.
A fost certat pentru că i-a spus colegului de bancă poponar.
He was told off for calling his deskmate "poponar."
Cuvântul poponar este considerat o insultă homofobă în limba română.
The word "poponar" is considered a homophobic insult in Romanian.
Activiștii pentru drepturile LGBT critică folosirea termenului poponar în presă.
LGBT rights activists criticize the use of the term "poponar" in the press.
Deși unii bărbați gay au încercat să reabiliteze porecla poponar, pentru majoritatea vorbitorilor cuvântul rămâne o insultă gravă.
Although some gay men have tried to reclaim the label "poponar," for most speakers the word remains a serious insult.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | poponar | poponari |
| Genitive | poponarului | poponarilor |
| Accusative | poponar | poponari |
| Vocative | poponarule | poponarilor |
Word family
popoubottom, backside (informal/childish)
poponellittle bottom (diminutive, used for babies)
poponariplural: men targeted with this slur
Etymology
"Poponar" is built from "popou," an informal, childish Romanian word for buttocks, plus the agentive suffix "-ar," the same ending found in trade words like "cizmar" (shoemaker) or "brutar" (baker). Joining them turns a body part into a label for a person, and the result functions as a slur for gay men. The coinage belongs to modern colloquial slang and has no documented history before the 20th century.
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