chutney ferret

chutney ferret

English

Etymology

From bum-chutney (“diarrhea”) + ferret (“diligent searcher”)

Noun

chutney ferret (plural chutney ferrets)

1. (derogatory, Britain, slang) A homosexual man.
   • 1997, Minette Walters, The Echo, Pan Books (2008), →ISBN, page 163:

     'They warned me off you and Lawrence because they reckoned you were a couple of chutney ferrets after my arse. […]

   • 2000, Patrick Gale, Rough Music, Ballantine Book (2002), →ISBN, page 138:

     "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."

   • 2010, Joseph Alexander, Faded Acts of Love, iUniverse (2010), →ISBN, page 140:

     “Jeremy? Hardly my friend. As you said yourself, an overbearing lackey, not to mention a flaming chutney ferret.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:male homosexual.