Here, Genteel would mean a man of refinement and taste, and usually wealth. Our founding fathers for example would have been considered genteel in their day.
> Here, Genteel would mean a man of refinement and taste, and usually wealth. Our founding fathers for example would have been considered genteel in their day.
Interesting. We might refer to your Founding Fathers as polite or even as gentlemen. I dunno about “genteel”, tho’ — probably not.
The Texas Rangers are not “genteel” (neither is anybody in Texas, to the best of our knowledge). We can use the Texas Rangers as the litmus test, as they represent the absence of these things:
- A Fop dresses fancy
- A Ponce is a fop who dresses more like a woman than a man: similar to a pimp
- Sometimes they “mince” eg “mincing fop”, “mincing ponce”. To “mince” is almost like prancing, almost like dancing, almost like skipping.
- Sometimes they are “genteel” which means that they’d prefer to play with dolls than to play The Rugby
- A poofter is a Fop and/or a Ponce who is also a homosexualist. Mincing is implied
- A wuss is always a genteel coward but may or may not be anything else
- A woofter is a combo poofter/wuss
- And finally, a plonker is somebody who gets gratification from abusing himself. Used in the same way Americans would use “moron”
Mostly these terms can be mixed-and-matched to suit the event.