Nancy
n.— «I was just going thru some of the posts by vindy and i found an very interesting post on IIT slang. Just wanted to refurbish the college slang which we used to use during our times at CIT.…peter—english peseravan. nancy—female counterpart of peter.» —“College slang” by Harry (Haripi) Chennai Born Confused Softie (Chennai, India) Mar. 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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