finuk

English translation: fanook - gay, homosexual male

14:57 Jan 14, 2008

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion

English term or phrase: finuk

A woman asks her priest (who is in love with her),

"Of all the finuk priests in the world, why did i have to get
the one who's straight?"

I couldn't find this word in any dictionary whatsoever, and its references on the web are scarce. Does anyone have any idea what she means? Many thanks!

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Selected answer:fanook - gay, homosexual male

Explanation:
"Paraphrasing Humphrey Bogart, she regretfully tells Father Phil the next morning, "Of all the fanook [gay] priests in the world, why did I have to get the one who's straight?"

http://books.google.com/books?id=WY3akArl430C&pg=PA270&lpg=P...

Also see:

fanook 50 up, 7 down

"Derived from "finocchio" or fennel, a derogatory term for homsexual or gay, i.e., people that wiseguys feel nervous around"

"Fanook, or Finook: derived from "finocchio" or fennel, a derogatory term for homsexual or gay."

"Italian-American slang for a homosexual male, as used on "The Sopranos."

Finn saw Vito going down on another guy in a parking lot, he's definitely a fanook.

He saw Vito in a fanook bar upstate dressed in a leather biker outfit holding some guy's hand."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanook

Selected response from:

Kornelia Robertson
United States
Local time: 15:45

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fanook - gay, homosexual male

Kornelia Robertson

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fanook - gay, homosexual male

Kornelia Robertson
United States
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of:

Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4

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Thank you again.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks! That is strange though, the original script says "finuk." :)

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