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nice-nellyism
nice-nellyism N. Amer. slang. (naɪsˈnɛlɪɪz(ə)m) Also nice-nellieism. [f. nice Nelly, a conventional name for a respectable woman, a prude + -ism.] Prudery; genteelism; excessive prudishness of speech or behaviour: usually applied adversely. Cf. nelly2 3.1936 New Republic 28 Oct. 337/1 Perhaps, it is... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. nelly1 (ˈnɛlɪ) [Of uncertain origin; perh. as next.] A large sea-bird (Ossifraga gigantea) belonging to the petrel group.1823 J. Weddell Voy. 59 The bird next in size found here is called by sailors a Nelly. It is of the peterel kind. 1845 Darwin Voy. Nat. xiii. (1873) 289 The largest kind of p... Oxford English Dictionary
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