feygele

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele), a diminutive of פֿויגל (foygl, “bird”), from Old High German fogal. Cognate with English fowl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feɪɡələ/

Noun

feygele (plural feygeles)

  1. A man who is or who is thought to be homosexual.
    • 1999 September 24, [email protected], “Our Commodification”, in soc.motss‎[1] (Usenet):
      When will they introduce a scantily clad, ultrabuff, humpa-hunka burn'n all-man studflesh to give us feigellas a reason to watch?
  2. A very young girl.
  3. (dated) A little bird.
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